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The Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan, commonly known as the United States–Taliban deal or the Doha Accord, [1] was a peace agreement signed by the United States and the Taliban on 29 February 2020 in Doha, Qatar, to bring an end to the 2001–2021 war in Afghanistan.
The US–Taliban deal, resulting from negotiations starting in 2018 in Doha, [12] led to the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, the collapse of the Afghan Army, [13] and the August 2021 Fall of Kabul to the Taliban. [14] Violent resistance continued following the Taliban 2021 takeover.
Relations between Afghanistan and the United States began in 1921 under the leaderships of King Amanullah Khan and President Warren G. Harding, respectively. [4] The first contact between the two nations occurred further back in the 1830s when the first recorded person from the United States explored Afghanistan. [5]
Under the agreement, the U.S. would draw its forces down to 8,600 from 13,000 in the next 3-4 months, with remaining U.S. forces withdrawing in 14 months.
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President Donald Trump's quest for a second term received a boost on Saturday from the deal with the Taliban for a troop pullout from Afghanistan but it could take time - possibly years - before ...
The U.S.–Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement (SASPA), officially titled Enduring Strategic Partnership Agreement between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the United States of America, [1] was an agreement between the former government of Afghanistan and the United States of America [2] that provides the long-term framework for ...
U.S. and its allies Friday stepped up evacuation efforts from the Afghan capital, Kabul, where thousands of desperate people ringed the airport