Days after the peace deal, US President Donald Trump had 'good talk' with Taliban leader

Donald Trump on Tuesday became first President of United States to talk to leer of Taliban after  2001 September 11 attack. According to reports, Donald Trump h a telephonic conversation with Taliban leer Hibatullah Akhundza, whose name he did t reveal while talking to press. Trump while talking to reporters said that he h a 'good talk with leer of Taliban'. 

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Trump's 'good talk' with Taliban leer came just days after United States and Taliban signed a peace deal in Doha that would supposedly see an end to 18-year-war in Afghanistan. Trump furr said that Taliban is dealing with Afghanistan, referring to next step in peace process that requires Afghan govt and Taliban to decide on power equation in country. 

US-Taliban peace deal

United States and Taliban signed peace deal after 18 months of negotiations. deal which was signed in presence of leers from Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey, India, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan would see withdrawal of US and NATO troops from Afghanistan under a timeline of 14 months. deal also requires Afghanistan to guarantee that ir land  will t be used as a launchp that would threaten security of United States and its allies.

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deal faced obstacle after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani while talking to press or day, objected to certain arrangements that would see a prisoner swap between Afghanistan government and Taliban in order to start direct talks between two important stakeholders of country. deal requires Afghan government to release around 5,000 Taliban prisoners in exchange for 1,000 Afghan security personnel by March 10. 

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After Ashraf Ghani's comment, Taliban spokesperson attacked Afghan forces in public and said that Taliban will continue ir operations against Afghan government forces if prisoners' swap doesn't happen. deal was signed by US special envoy Zalmay Khalilz and Taliban political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Barar with Mike Pompeo as a witness. As per reports, more than 1,00,000 Afghan citizens have lost ir lives or wounded since 2009 when UN Assistance Mission began documenting casualties. 

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