The “Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan” is undoubtedly a milestone. However, it brings new uncertainties for women and risks setting the country on a backward trajectory. The 29 February Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan yields positive outcomes for its signatories – the US and the Taliban. In the midst of a campaign for reelection, the Trump administration now fulfils a key 2016 promise: the withdrawal of residual US forces from Afghanistan following the country’s longest war.