i met afghanistan's vice president amrullah saleh and began by asking him if this was the right time for us troops to be leaving. we believe the mission is not accomplished, but if they decide to leave, we respect their decision. but you wouldn't be asking for them to stay? not necessarily, we would ask them to respect their agreements with us, they have signed a strategic partnership agreement with us and they have signed a bilateral security agreement with us. based on that, they have to give notice to the afghan government, and work with the afghan government on a proper and disciplined exit. what do you mean when you say that they're leaving before accomplishing the objectives they set out? taliban have not separated themselves from al-qaeda, even after the us envoy signed an agreement with them in doha. months later, with assistance of the us, together with them, we killed one al-qaeda leader. he was inside a taliban command compound. we killed two al-qaeda members, both on the blacklist of the cia. they were again embedded with the taliban. which means, without putting a proper

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i also asked that question to vice—president amrullah saleh, who believes that the mission that internationalith the taliban, but these are two parties that have really been sworn enemies of each other. the vice—president even now says the taliban is a terrorist organisation. when you have those two parties talking to each other, there are serious questions and doubts about whether a resolution can ever be reached which would be agreeable to both of those sides. the three options on the table are a power—sharing agreement between the afghan government and the taliban, a taliban—led government or some taliban members joining the existing government in afghanistan. but there is really no clear indication of whether a resolution with ever be reached, and that's really what the people here are worried about, that if all international forces were to withdraw before a sustainable peace deal is reached, the taliban could be back in power here in afghanistan. we will have the weather forecast coming up for you in a few minutes. but first... it's one of the oldest tricks in the book — magicians are ce