The United States and other NATO states, currently assisting Afghanistan, have reassured Kabul that they are ready to withdraw their forces from the country if the Afghan people want it, Ihsan Taheri, the representative of Afghanistan's High Peace Council, told Sputnik.
KABUL (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 05th December, 2018) The United States and other NATO states, currently assisting Afghanistan, have reassured Kabul that they are ready to withdraw their forces from the country if the Afghan people want it, Ihsan Taheri, the representative of Afghanistan's High Peace Council, told Sputnik.
"It's not a problematic issue between us and the United States, it is a not a problematic issue between us and the other international colleagues that are here for the security assistance ... We told them [about the potential withdrawal] ... and they said: ' It's up to you,'" Taheri said.
Taheri pointed out that Afghanistan needed this presence "for the time being."
The council representative added that the withdrawal of foreign troops would also be up for discussion at the potential direct talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government in the future.
The High Peace Council was set up in 2010 by former Afghan President Hamid Karzai as a special group to hold talks with the Taliban movement.
