The US-Taliban agreement – which has been finalized in principle – will be "signed by both sides at the end of February," the deputy leader of the group, Mawlawi Abdul Salam Hanafi, said in a recorded 3-minute interview published on a pro-Taliban website, nunn.asia, on Monday.

Hanafi said that the US-Taliban talks – which started late in 2018 and continued for 10 rounds, mostly in the Gulf state of Qatar – have ended and both sides are preparing to sign the agreement.

US government officials and Taliban representatives have announced progress with a reduction in violence plan leading up to a signed peace deal and intra-Afghan negotiations and ultimately an enduring peace in the country.

In this episode host Wahid Ahmadi discusses the topic with Faramarz Tamana, university lecturer and Idres Rahmani, an international affairs analyst.