This is a very bad deal.
Full troop withdrawal, releasing Taliban/jihadist prisoners, sanctions relief from the US and UN, etc.
Most curious: Section 3, # 3. "The United States will seek economic cooperation for reconstruction with the new post-settlement Afghan Islamic government as determined by the intra-Afghan dialogue and negotiations, and will not intervene in its internal affairs."
First, assumes current elected Afghan gov goes away in favor of new "Afghan Islamic" gov, presumably including the Taliban.
Second, "economic cooperation" with a government that includes the Taliban? May be led by the Taliban? Will US taxpayer dollars go to the Taliban?
Some of the terms of this deal mirror those discussed by SecState Hillary Clinton, but overall this deal is weaker.
It's far less a "peace deal" than it is an exit deal.
And if the public deal is this bad, what's in the additional provisions that have been kept private?
