As the government of America sees a change with newly elected US President Joe Biden, questions raise concerning where the relationship of US-Afghanistan stands and how Taliban’s relationship with Democrats will turn out. Just when Joe Biden was named as the President of America, policy makers and political analysts started to anticipate his policies. Taliban was no far behind.
The Taliban issued a statement saying that the US President-elect Joe Biden should respect the Doha Agreement because it was not made with a single person but with the American government. Taliban hopes that the Biden administration will abide by the Doha Peace protocols.
Earlier this year United States and the Taliban signed a peace agreement in Doha officially known as ‘The Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan’. Under this agreement, US and Afghanistan agreed upon some terms and conditions :-
- Withdrawal of all American and NATO troops from Afghanistan.
- A Taliban pledge to prevent al-Qaeda from operating in areas under Taliban control.
- Dialogue between the Taliban and the Afghan government.
- US assistance in building new post settlement Afghan Islamic government.
- Taliban will not attack American forces inside Afghanistan.
- Withdrawal of American troops within 14 months since the intimation of peace process.
The agreement was peacefully signed and served its motive, until October of this year when Taliban announced that there has been continuous violation of the peace treaty by the United States defence forces due to excessive air strikes in the Helmand region.
Joe Biden’s view on Afghanistan is said to favour a more gradual approach of withdrawal of troops. This can lead to a more stable relationship with Afghanistan’s government. Biden has made promises to be different, to reverse some of Trump’s controversial policies including on climate change, and to work more closely with America’s allies. On China, its said that he’ll continue Trump’s tough line on trade, theft of intellectual property and coercive trade practices by co-opting rather than bullying allies as Trump did. On Iran, he promised Tehran will have a way out of sanctions if it comes into compliance with the multinational nuclear deal he oversaw with Obama. And with NATO, Biden is already trying to rebuild confidence by vowing to strike fear in the Kremlin.
