The negotiations between the US and the Taliban on finalizing a peace deal have been slowed down after US President Donald Trump’s statement who said Washington is not rushing to pull out the American forces from the country, sources familiar with the negotiations said on Tuesday.

Mr. Trump who has been pushing for a diplomatic settlement to America’s longest war in Afghanistan said at a press conference on the last day of G7 Summit in Biarritz, France, that his administration had no rush to withdraw US forces from the country, something the Taliban have been pushing for in the past eighteen years to end the conflict in Afghanistan that has taken the lives of thousands of Afghan civilians and security force members.

In this program, host Yaser Abrar discusses the topic with Zia Raftat, a university lecturer, and Musa Khan Akbarzada, former governor of Ghazni.