Withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan: Washington agrees with Moscow and Beijing

It is a key agreement for the future of Afghanistan.

The United States said Friday that it agrees with their Russian and Chinese rivals on a key point in the peace talks in Afghanistan: the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country. Zalmay Khalilzad, the US envoy for Afghanistan, met with Chinese and Russian emissaries in Moscow to reach a consensus on the end of this war, the longest in American history.

A joint communiqué, signed by these three major powers, often in disagreement on major international issues, calls for an "inclusive and Afghan-led" peace process. "The three parties are calling for an organized and responsible withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan," the statement said.

According to this source, the Taliban "are committed" to fighting the Islamic State (IS) organization and severing their links with Al Qaeda. The United States began last summer talks with these Islamist rebels, who refuse to discuss with the Afghan government, called "puppet" under American control.