Taliban Warns of ‘Reaction’ If US Doesn’t Leave Afghanistan

Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (C) and other members of the Taliban delegation arrive to attend an international conference on Afghanistan over the peaceful solution to the conflict in Moscow on March 18, 2021. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

The Taliban has warned that there will be a “reaction” if the United States keeps its troops in Afghanistan beyond May 1.

Suhail Shaheen, a member of the Taliban negotiation team, told reporters in Moscow late last week that if U.S. troops were to stay beyond the deadline, “it will be a kind of violation of the agreement.”