Summary
The key development since the previous report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team (S/2019/481) has been the efforts made to establish a peace process, initially through talks between the Taliban and the United States of America, aimed at reaching an agreement to end the 18-year war.
Multiple rounds of talks held over the course of 16 months culminated in a signature ceremony with the United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Abdul Ahmad Turk (TAi.024) on 29 February 2020 in Doha. The agreement provided for United States military drawdown in exchange for Taliban counter-terrorism measures, exchanges of prisoners between the Taliban and the Government of Afghanistan, removal of sanctions and the launch of intra-Afghan talks aimed at achieving a permanent ceasefire
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