The chief U.S. diplomat overseeing talks with the Taliban said the U.S. will start to withdraw 5,000 troops within 135 days after the proposed accord goes into effect, provided other conditions were met
KABUL—With an accord on the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in sight, the chief U.S. diplomat overseeing talks with the Taliban shared details of the proposed accord with a crucial, but largely sidelined, stakeholder: the Afghan government.
During a Monday meeting at the presidential palace, Afghan officials said Zalmay Khalilzad showed President Ashraf Ghani a draft of the pact hammered out with the insurgents, who have refused to hold direct talks with a government they regard as an American puppet.
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