The US President Donald Trump has said that he will reduce the number of US troops from 14,000 to 8,600 as the Taliban negotiators insist on the complete withdrawal of the American and other NATO forces form the country in their talks with the US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad in Doha over the past several months.

Disagreements between the Taliban and the US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad on issues around a permanent ceasefire and the modality of American forces withdrawal from Afghanistan are prolonging the negotiations in Doha, Qatar, sources familiar with the process said on Thursday.