A spokesperson for the Taliban has said the US should “withdraw all their forces” from Afghanistan by 9/11, but that it was “committed not to attack them”, after the militant group retook Kabul.
Suhail Shaheen, in an interview with Sky News on Tuesday, said the Taliban had already announced a “general amnesty” to people in Afghanistan, and that it would not attack remaining US forces in the country.
The US has sent 6,000 troops to assist in the evacuation of civilians and refugees from Kabul’s international airport following the unexpected fall of Afghanistan at the weekend.
Asked how long the Taliban was giving the US to evacuate, Mr Shaheen said US president Joe Biden should respect the Doha agreement signed by the Trump administration last year, and to get out of Afghanistan by 9/11 — the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks that led to the US invasion.
“We are committed not to attack them, we have not attacked,” said Mr Shaheen.
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