US State Department spokesman said that the signing of the Doha agreement in 2020 had ‘weakened’ Washington’s partners in Afghanistan.

Afghan Voice Agency(AVA)_Monitoring, Addressing a press conference, Price said in answer to a question on the third anniversary of the signing of the deal that “the agreement empowered the Islamic Emirate (IEA), it weakened our partners in the Afghan government, and committed to withdrawing our troops a few months after President Biden’s inauguration with no clear plan for what should come next, despite imposing a deadline.

He went on to say that the US felt the IEA had not fulfilled its commitments to the deal. “That said, we have seen Mullah Baradar’s own statement, and we of course disagree with the key points in his own statement. Namely, the Islamic Emirate have not fulfilled their own commitments – the commitments that they made in the Doha Agreement. 

He accused the United States of violating the agreement as IEA leaders’ names have still not been removed from the blacklist and Afghanistan’s funds remain frozen.

Baradar also emphasized that the Islamic Emirate needs to have good relations with all the countries, and said they are ready for positive and constructive engagement with the international community.

“We need to engage with all countries, whether Islamic or non-Islamic. No country alone can be self-reliant in all areas. There will be definitely something which a country needs from others and with it solves its problem. Therefore, we want to engage with the world,” Baradar said.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Economy described the Doha Agreement as a political victory of the Islamic Emirate and added that the signing of the agreement boosted the morale of the forces of the Islamic Emirate in the battlefield.