The announcement was made shortly after reports on the U.S. President Joe Biden’s plans to withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, was published on media.
“Until all foreign forces completely withdraw from our homeland, the Islamic Emirate will not participate in any conference that shall make decisions about Afghanistan,” Naeem Wardak, spokesman for the political office of the Taliban took to Twitter.
President Joe Biden’s decision which is expected to be announced on Wednesday will keep U.S. forces beyond a May 1 deadline which was negotiated between former President Donald Trump and the Taliban on late February last year.
Officially, there are 2,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, although the number fluctuates and is currently about 1,000 more than that. There are also up to an additional 7,000 foreign forces in the coalition there, the majority of them NATO troops.
The Taliban had already warned to resume attack against foreign troops if they stay in Afghanistan beyond the May deadline which was set in a peace agreement negotiated between the United States and the Taliban.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Turkish Foreign Ministry announced in a statement that a U.S.-backed peace summit on Afghanistan will be reconvened on April 24 lasting until May 4, beyond a U.S. troop withdrawal deadline.
But the Taliban on Monday said it backed out of participating in the summit.
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