US warns Taliban to abide by Doha peace agreement
Washington has vowed additional strikes in Afghanistan if the Taliban does not move against Al-Qaeda.
The Biden administration warned the Taliban government of Afghanistan on Tuesday that it would not receive the international engagement it seeks if it does not move against Al-Qaeda members in the country.
The admonishment came a day after the US killed Al-Qaeda’s top leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike on his safe house in downtown Kabul on Sunday.
The strike was the first targeted killing by the US in Afghanistan since US and NATO military forces withdrew from the country last year. A senior American official said yesterday that members of the Taliban government knew al-Zawahiri was there and had acted to cover up his presence following the strike.
The 2020 Doha peace agreement between the US and the Taliban requires the Taliban to guarantee that terrorist groups won’t use Afghan soil as safe haven to threaten other countries.
