Mike Pompeo

President, Donald Trump has the Afghans to embrace, the prospects for peace as the US prepares for the signing of an agreement with the Taliban on Saturday.

Secretary of state Mike Pompeo is due to the solemn signing of the Treaty in Qatar. The agreement will see thousands of US troops withdraw from Afghanistan, In Return for security guarantees.

It Follows a week of a partial cease-fire with the Taliban.

The accord's hopes for a wider peace process after 18 years of war.

"Quickly, in my direction, Secretary of state Mike Pompeo witness the signing of an agreement with representatives of the Taliban," said the President, Trump announced in a statement on Friday.

He added That The Deal had the potential to create "a powerful way to end The War in Afghanistan and bring our troops home".

"Ultimately, it is up to the people in Afghanistan, their future," Mr. Trump said. "We are asking The Afghan people to seize the opportunity for peace and a new future for their country. "

The agreement would the Taliban agree to hold talks with The Afghan government, which you have dismissed in The Past as American "puppets".

The week-long ceasefire in the run-up to the signing is held substantially evaluated, with only minor incidents.

U.S. Secretary of defense Mark Esper in Kabul on Saturday to sign a joint Declaration with The Afghan government

In December 2018, the announced Taliban, they would US officials to find to try a "roadmap to peace". But to keep the militants continue to decline, official talks with the government in Kabul.

the Following nine rounds of the U.S.-Taliban talks in Qatar, the Two Sides seemed close to an agreement. Washington's top negotiator, announced in September 2019, the United States would have agreed to pull back 5,400 troops from Afghanistan within 20 weeks as part of a deal "in principle" with the Taliban fighters.

But said days later, Mr. Trump, The Talks had admitted "dead", according to the militant group, the killing of a US soldier.

"you thought That you had to kill people to be in a slightly better negotiating position," he told reporters, calling The Attack "a big mistake".

for months after The Deal collapsed, there was no let-up in fighting.

Since 2011, Qatar hosts the Taliban leaders That have moved will discuss, there is peace in Afghanistan. It was to be a changeable process. and in the midst of the rows of flags. Other attempts, The Talks Stalled .

the agreed on a roadmap for Afghan peace. Significantly, it included both the Taliban and The Afghan government officials, when the latter visited in a "personal".

It began when the US air strikes started a month after the 11. September 2001 attacks on the US. The Taliban had refused to hand over to The Man behind them, Osama Bin Laden.

we were accompanied by an international coalition and the Taliban were quickly removed from power. However, you have to be in a insurgent force, and the continuing deadly attacks, the destabilizing subsequent Afghan governments.

The International coalition ended its combat mission in 2014, will remain only to train The Afghan armed forces. But the United States still has its own, scaled-back combat operations, including air strikes.

The Taliban have, however, will continue to gain momentum and 2018, the BBC found That they were active, over 70% of Afghanistan.

Nearly 3,500 members of The International coalition died troops in Afghanistan since the invasion in 2001, More Than 2,300 of them Americans.

to quantify troops, The figures for Afghan civilians, insurgents and government more difficult. In a February 2019 report, the UN said That More Than 32,000 civilians died. says been killed 58,000 security personnel and 42,000 opposition fighters.

Source of news: bbc.com