The United States is seeking to strike a new agreement with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hizb-e-Islami, said on Friday.

Hekmatyar said that the sides have already started talks and achieved some progress.

Limiting airstrikes, printing of new afghani banknotes and increasing cash aid are likely to be part of the agreement between the two sides.

“The US has launched a new process of negotiations with the Taliban (IEA), that too at high level, including intelligence and security officials. The US has made some moves which show that they are after a deal with the Taliban (IEA). They want to have new talks or agreement with the Taliban (IEA) like Doha agreement, including unimplemented parts of the Doha deal,” Hekmatyar said.

Hekmatyar, however, said that talks between Kabul and Washington are happening in a vague manner, and this has worried regional countries particularly China and Russia.

“All countries are concerned about development in the talks between Kabul and Washington. They have concluded that there will be things happening against their interests in Afghanistan. Non-announcement of the agreement and Kabul’s full silence has added to the concerns,” Hekmatyar said.

He said that if the agreements between Kabul and Washington are not made public, Afghanistan will become a ground for rivalry, and it would become another Ukraine.

IEA has not commented on Hekmatyar’s remarks yet.