This Wednesday, November 24, the Taliban declared that they want to open “a new chapter” in their relations with the United States in the negotiations that will resume next week in Qatar.
“The discussions will address the opening of a new chapter in the political relations between the two countries, the resolution of economic problems and respect for the terms of the Doha agreement,” signed in 2020, the Islamists announced on their official Twitter account. in Arabic.
On October 9 and 10, a first session of negotiations between Washington and the Taliban took place, already in Doha, where the US diplomats in charge of Afghanistan currently live and work after their withdrawal from the country at the end of August.
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On Tuesday, US diplomatic spokesman Ned Price confirmed the return of special representative for Afghanistan Tom West to Doha “for two weeks of meetings with the Taliban.”
Among the topics to be addressed are “the fight against terrorism, humanitarian aid, the economic situation of the country and the safe exit of Afghans and Americans” who have worked for Washington for the last twenty years, according to Price.
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Last week, the US envoy reiterated that the Taliban must meet certain conditions to receive financial and diplomatic support from the United States: fight terrorism, establish an “inclusive” government, respect the “rights of minorities, women and girls. “and” provide equal access to education and employment. “
On the other hand, the Taliban government does not cease to demand of the Americans an end to the freezing of the reserves of the Afghan Central Bank, imposed after the return to power of the Taliban.
Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is due to travel to Doha from November 27 to 29 and meet with envoys from Washington and the European Union, his spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi said on Twitter on Wednesday.
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