April 14, Kathmandu- US President Joe Biden is preparing to withdraw all US troops from war-torn Afghanistan by September 11, according to US officials close to him. This is the first time in US history that US troops have fought in a country for nearly 20 years.

Some have hailed the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan as a victory for the Taliban. The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan came after the administration of former US President Donald Trump struck a deal with the Taliban. Of the 12,000 troops currently in Afghanistan, only about 2,500 remain. But the withdrawal of US troops has been delayed for five months due to uncertainty over the return of US troops after President-elect Joe Biden was elected.

The remarks came shortly after Turkey announced an all-party international peace conference in an effort to bring peace to Afghanistan, which has been at war for nearly 40 years. However, the Taliban has said it will boycott the conference. President Biden will announce the US withdrawal from Afghanistan on Wednesday. However, the United States has been considering a small number of troops to deal with a number of situations, including al Qaeda or Islamic State extremists.

In the end, President Biden discussed other options but eventually decided to withdraw all troops, a senior US official said. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on condition of anonymity, said Biden had decided to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan.

The Trump administration signed an agreement with the Taliban in February 2020 stating that all US troops would return home by May 2021. Instead, the Taliban should not support al-Qaeda and other foreign terrorist groups. Taliban support for al-Qaeda was also a major factor in the US military's entry into Afghanistan in 2001. Biden's officials said the withdrawal program would begin in May. He also warned against attacking allied forces leaving Afghanistan.

Confident Taliban

Fighting is likely to continue even if foreign troops leave Afghanistan. An assessment report released by the head of the National Intelligence Agency on Tuesday states that the Taliban are confident of a military victory. The report says the Afghan army, which controls most of the cities, is struggling to retake control of new areas it recaptured or areas it abandoned in 2020.

Afghan civilians have suffered greatly from the war, and the rise of the Taliban, especially among Afghan women, has added to the fear. The Sunni Islam-dominated Taliban banned women from school, office, music and many other activities of daily life during its rule in 1996-2001. Two decades later, about 40 percent of the school's students are female. The United States has said it will pursue a policy of promoting the use of non-military means to promote women's rights and girls' education.

Women's participation in talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government is almost forbidden. Women's rights activists have pointed to the danger that such rhetoric by Afghan leaders will frustrate the struggling rights. A decade ago, US troops in Afghanistan numbered about 100,000 to defeat the Taliban. But under former President Trump, that number has risen to 2,500.