The Taliban are not going to the Istanbul peace conference

The Taliban announced late Tuesday that will not participate in the Afghanistan Peace Conference in Istanbul, which is scheduled for this month, until all foreign forces withdraw from Afghanistan.

«Until all foreign powers withdraw completely from our homeland“(We) will not take part in any decision-making conference on Afghanistan,” Mohammad Naeem, the Taliban’s spokesman in Qatar, tweeted.

US President Joe Biden is expected to make announcements later today, Wednesday. withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, stressed yesterday the representative of the White House Jen Psaki.

US troops still in Afghanistan are expected to will leave “unconditionally” until September 11, 2021, that is, the 20th anniversary of Al Qaeda attacks in the US, a US official said yesterday.

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