U.S. President Joe Biden said withdrawing the remaining 2,500 American troops in Afghanistan by May 1 may be difficult to achieve, citing his administration’s continued concerns with the Afghan government’s stability, NPR reported March 17. The Taliban reiterated that the United States must leave the country in response to Biden’s comments, which come a day before officials from the United States, Pakistan, Russia, China, the Taliban and the Afghan government are set to meet in Moscow for Afghanistan peace talks. Why It Matters: The Taliban’s failure to meet the conditions laid out in the deal it signed with the United States last year will reduce the number of U.S. personnel withdrawn from the country on May 1.