February 29 marks the fourth anniversary of the Doha Agreement between the United States and the Islamic Emirate.

This agreement was signed on February 29, 2020, between Mullah Baradar and Zalmay Khalilzad, a former US special representative for the reconciliation of Afghanistan.

Since the signing of the Doha Agreement, the Islamic Emirate and US still do not seem satisfied with this agreement, and accuse each other of violating it.

The Doha Agreement included ensuring that Afghanistan does not serve as a base for terrorist groups to threaten the security of the United States and its allies, the beginning of intra-Afghan negotiations to achieve a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire, and complete withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan.

The Doha Agreement is seen by some as the agreement that paved the way for the re-establishment of the Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan.

"The Doha Memorandum was signed four years prior to today, and the primary driving force behind this memorandum was the Afghan people's twenty-year struggle and their sacrifices, which ultimately forced America to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan in accordance with the memorandum," said Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesman of the Islamic Emirate.

The signing of the Doha Agreement, attended by representatives of the United States, the former Afghan government, and the Islamic Emirate, spanned eighteen months.

"The day they signed it, everyone foresaw the Taliban's rise to power. The republic administration, the president, the cabinet, and their team should have taken a more prudent path. The situation deteriorated when Ashraf Ghani fled," said Sayed Ishaq Gilani, leader of the National Solidarity Movement of Afghanistan.

“What the Afghan people expected, the expectations from the Doha Agreement were not met. The Americans wanted to get rid of Afghanistan and withdraw their forces under the pretext of the Doha Agreement,” Rashid Qutbzada, an international relations analyst, told TOLOnews.

After the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan and the collapse of the previous government, the Islamic Emirate assumed control over Afghanistan. Despite more than two and a half years passing since its establishment, no country has yet recognized it formally.