The Trump administration is weighing a possible deal with the Taliban that would refer to the insurgents by the name of their former hardline regime, two foreign diplomats and a Taliban source tell NBCNews
WASHINGTON — The Trump administrationthat would refer to the insurgents by the name of their former hardline regime, which Washington has previously rejected as illegitimate, two foreign diplomats and a Taliban source told NBC News.
The formulation is an attempt at a compromise as the Taliban uses its former regime name to refer to the country.A senior Taliban figure with ties to the insurgency’s leader, Hibatullah Akhunzada, told NBC News that the group’s negotiators had insisted on the inclusion of the “Islamic Emirate” wording.The Taliban have continued to use the Emirate name to reinforce their view that their old regime is the legitimate government of Afghanistan, and not the one that succeeded it after the U.S.
“If the administration is eager to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, it would have done better to announce a no-deal exit than allowing the Taliban such a huge propaganda victory.”a possible deal between the Taliban and the Trump administration A previous attempt at peace talks with the Taliban during the Obama administration collapsed early on partly over the insurgency’s use of the “Islamic Emirate” wording. After the U.S. agreed to permit the Taliban to open an office in Qatar, the Taliban described the office as an embassy and representatives spoke before cameras in front of a “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” sign, infuriating the Afghan government.
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