Afghanistan's ruling Taliban hopes that Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election could usher in a 'new chapter' in Washington-Kabul relations. Taliban government spokesman Abdul Kahar Balkhi said this.

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Democrat leader Joe Biden decided to withdraw troops from Afghanistan in 2021. And before the end of the withdrawal period, the Taliban took over the entire country including Kabul. Some of the Taliban leaders once imprisoned in the Guantanamo Bay prison in the United States sat in various positions in the new government. But the return of Republican Trump to the White House could put the Taliban in a new crisis, many diplomatic and military analysts believe.

Incidentally, the 9/11 attacks in the United States took place during the presidency of Republican George W. Bush. In response, US-led NATO forces launched an attack on Afghanistan in search of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The fall of the then Taliban government. In this atmosphere, referring to the US-Taliban Doha agreement in 2020, Kahar said, 'But that agreement was made in Trump's first term. As a result, the United States withdrew its troops from Afghanistan. We are hopeful that Washington will proceed in a pragmatic way for the sake of good bilateral relations.' - Anandbazar