The US wants the Taliban to recognize the presence of at least two US bases in Bagram and Shurab, but the Taliban are not ready to accept this condition.
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U.S and Afghan Taliban intervene on America’s insistence for a peaceful transition to Afghanistan’s political settlement that America will maintain its two military bases in Afghanistan. What is revealed by former Taliban officer Waheed Mazda, who is in constant touch with the Taliban. The United States wants the Taliban to recognize the presence of at least two American bases in Bagram and Showarabic, he said. Because it needs the US base but the Taliban are not ready to accept this condition. Waheed Mazda says Taliban leaders refuse to accept anything more than just the symbolic presence of American soldiers, which is necessary for US diplomatic mission. High-level sources in Washington have said that the presence of some military base in Afghanistan is very important for the United States. Christopher D. Kolenda, former retired Colonel of the US Army and former Pentagon advisor, was involved in informal negotiations with the Taliban in Doha this year. They say that the Taliban understand the occupation of American soldiers in Afghanistan and they want US troops to leave Afghanistan.
Christopher D. Kolenda said the Taliban understand the presence of American soldiers in Afghanistan as the main reason for the ongoing war and they do not want to see American soldiers moving in Afghanistan after any peace agreement. He said that the Taleban have expressed a keen commitment to train some foreign troops in Afghanistan to train Afghan soldiers. However, the Taleban say it is possible only when the new government was formed after peaceful peace in Afghanistan, which includes the Taliban.
Christopher D. Kolenda and US diplomat Robin Raphel in Doha made informal talks with the Taliban after which the American Deputy Foreign Minister Alice Wells met South and Central Asia in July in Doha. The general impression was that the meeting was on the demand of direct talks with the Taliban rather than the Afghan government, rather than the Afghan government. The Taliban consider the Afghan government as the US’s puppet government. According to a Reuters report the Taliban have started working on creating a 3 or 4 member delegation for the next round of negotiations with the United States. However, the Taliban say release of the Taliban arrested before the next round of negotiations will be the primary condition.
