US wants to retreat from Doha deal, says Hekmatyar

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hezb-e-Islami, has said that recent remarks made by US President Joe Biden indicate that the United States wants to retreat from the peace deal signed with the Taliban on February 29, 2020, in Doha.

The US retreat from this deal does not have any rational, logical, and ethical justification, he noted addressing a large gathering held in Kabul today, February 14, to mark the 32nd anniversary of the Soviet’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. Hekmatyar further stressed that the US government must not retreat from this deal for personal differences between Joe Bidens, his Democratic Party, and the former US President Donald Trump. According to the Afghan Jihadi leader, Biden cannot force the Taliban to setback through exerting pressure.