Biden Administration to Review Afghan Peace Agreement
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President Joe Biden has ordered the review of the Afghan peace agreement, which the U.S. and Taliban signed last year, to evaluate whether the Taliban are living up to their side of the agreement.
Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser for the Biden administration, spoke with his Afghan counterpart, Hamdullah Mohib, the White House said in a January 22 statement.
The U.S. is set to review the peace agreement reached under former President Donald Trump’s administration a year ago, “including to assess whether the Taliban was living up to its commitments to cut ties with terrorist groups, to reduce violence in Afghanistan, and to engage in meaningful negotiations with the Afghan government and other stakeholders,” said Emily Horne, a spokeswoman for the National Security Council.