A US official in Kabul, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Tuesday that the five bases in Afghanistan where US troops have withdrawn--in compliance with the US-Taliban peace agreement--were in Helmand, Uruzgan, Paktika and Laghman provinces.

The US peace envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, in a tweet on Tuesday morning said: “As we look to the next phase of implementation under the Agreement, our approach will remain conditions based. We will press for completion of prisoner releases, reduction of violence, complete delivery on CT (counterterrorism) commitments and start of and progress in intra-Afghan negotiations.”

The US has rapidly implemented the first phase of its commitments under the agreement, “including to reduce forces and depart five bases. NATO troops have come down in proportional numbers,” according to Khalilzad.

US troops in the country have been reduced to 8,600, according to US reports.

NATO has around 12,000 troops under the Resolute Support mission, which includes a portion of the 8,600 total US troops, according to an RS spokesperson.

In this episode host Nemat Rawan discusses the topic with the following guests:

General Arab Shah Chamto, military analyst

Sayed Qareb Sadat, political analyst

Fahim Sediqi, international affairs analyst