KABUL, 27 March, 2021(TON): On Friday, the Taliban threatened to continue insurgent hostilities against the foreign troops in Afghanistan in the backdrop of the non-withdrawal of troops as per the 1 May deadline.

Taliban remarked after the U.S. President Joe Biden asserted to that it would be hard to withdraw the last U.S. troops by the deadline that was agreed last year in Washington.  

On the other hand, Germany’s lawmakers approved a mandate to allow its troops to stay in Afghanistan until 31 January, 2022.

The Taliban released a statement, “If the May 1 deadline was not met, the Taliban would be compelled to continue its Jihad and armed struggle against foreign forces to liberate its country.”

However, the United States and the Taliban last year agreed that all foreign troops would be withdrawn in exchange for security guarantees from the insurgent group and the start of peace talks with the Afghan government. This move relatively largely ceased insurgency on the foreign troops in the war-torn country but the attacks continued on the Afghan security forces and locals.