Taliban Calls on Biden to Honor Trump’s Deal to Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan

U.S. Special Forces soldiers attached to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan, practice combat marksmanship skills training on a range, near Kabul province, Afghanistan, on Feb. 24, 2014.U.S. Army photo by Spc. Connor Mendez/Released

The Taliban has called on President-elect Joe Biden to honor a peace deal negotiated with the Trump administration, which calls for the withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by May to help advance peace talks.

“Steps must now be taken to end the war, not to prolong it, and the agreement was made for the purpose,” Mohammad Naeem, a Taliban spokesman, said Jan. 18, according to Bloomberg.