On February 29, 2020, Khalilzad (U.S. envoy) and Taliban's Baradar signed a conditional peace agreement that paves a path for a significant drawdown of the U.S. military in Afghanistan before May 2021.
A landmark agreement was reached on February 29, 2020, between Khalilzad, the U.S. representative, and Baradar, a Taliban leader, which laid the groundwork for a significant decrease in U.S. forces in Afghanistan by May 2021.