NATO said Thursday it’s concerned about political turmoil in Afghanistan and the United States called for a prisoner swap between the Afghan government and Taliban to begin as soon as possible.

A U.S. media outlet reported Friday that the U.S. government had intelligence that the Taliban did not plan to abide by promises they made in the recent peace agreement with the United States.

Five Afghan forces were killed when Taliban militants attacked a security checkpoint in central Logar province last night, an official said Tuesday.

The United States must take care not to pull troops out of Afghanistan too quickly after signing a peace deal with the Taliban over the weekend, and to avoid the same mistakes former President Barack Obama made in Iraq, Sen. Lindsey Graham warned Monday.

Trump said this on the day US special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad signed a peace deal with the Taliban in Qatar.

US envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban deputy political head Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar signed a peace deal in Doha on Saturday.

Sources close to Taliban say that all conditions of the reduction in violence were observed, announcing that they would sign a peace deal with the United States on Saturday February 29th.

A convoy of Afghan forces came under attack by gunmen in southern Kandahar province on Sunday.

In a meeting with provincial council heads and members at the presidential palace yesterday, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said the peace deal was totally conditional, adding that government would focus development programs in districts and villages and that would consult with the provincial head and members.

Taliban spokesperson has claimed that the organization has finalized a peace deal with the U.S. to end more than 18 years of war.

 The Taliban have given indications that they are ready to sign a peace agreement, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad said on Friday.

Al Qaeda is operating “across the country” and not confined to one region, the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan confirmed.

The Taliban has welcomed news of the US plan to withdraw half its troops from Afghanistan by the summer, as Afghan generals warned it would be a blow to the morale of the country’s beleaguered security forces.

A two-day international conference in the Swiss city comes at a time when US is seeking a peace deal with the Taliban.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday suggested Russia and Japan sign a peace deal “without any preconditions” by the end of the year to try to solve a long-running territorial dispute.