U.S. has reached a truce with Taliban in Afghanistan, official says

[Dennis Donovan]

Source: PBS

Feb 14, 2020 11:23 AM EST
MUNICH (AP) — A senior U.S.official said Friday the United States and the Taliban have reached a truce agreement that will take effect “very soon” and could lead to withdrawals of American troops from Afghanistan.

The official said the agreement for a seven-day “reduction in violence” to be followed by the start of all-Afghan peace talks within 10 days is “very specific” and covers the entire country including Afghan forces.

The developments come as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper met Friday in Munich with Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani. They spoke on the sidelines of an international security forum in Munich.

A truce had been widely anticipated, and President Donald Trump has agreed in principle to the deal, which could lead to the start of significant U.S. troop withdrawals from Afghanistan, according to U.S. officials.

Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/u-s-has-reached-a-truce-with-taliban-in-afghanistan-official-says

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Not holding my breath on this...

[blueinredohio]

1. I call bullshit.

[atreides1]

2. Really?

Did someone inform the Taliban of this agreement?

[Midnight Writer]

12. My exact thought. Jared and his ilk seem to have a unique definition of Agreement.

[yaesu]

3. its not truly official until russian agent orange tweets about it after he gets puttin's ok. nt

[BlueIdaho]

4. How much did that cost? nt.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. +1000

[cstanleytech]

13. And how long until after the election will Trump wait to welch on it?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. "Peace in our time." NT

[Autumn]

7. I'll wait for Putin to confirm.

[hibbing]

8. Almost 20 years

If this was a Democratic administration the right wing and their media would be screaming "cut and run".


Peace

[Wuddles440]

9. Nothing more than...

election year gamesmanship by King CONald and his minions. He's more than likely incentivized ($$$) the Taliban leadership to chill for the remainder so he can deliver on his campaign "promises".

[Javaman]

10. yeah, okay.

cool story, bro

[ashredux]

11. It's a 7 day cease on bombs, etc.....hardly a "peace deal"

[sdfernando]

14. We should have left a long time ago

and left them to their own devices. The President of Afghanistan really only has control in Kabul.

There is a reason Afghanistan is called the Graveyard of Empires.

[gembaby1]

15. This is true

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Alexander the Great’s empire died there.

[Falcata]

17. ATG died in Babylon....

[gembaby1]

21. True

But because he conquered pretty much everywhere, you could call it one long contiguous Macedonian empire. So, yes, he did technically die in Babylon but Bactria was definitely a graveyard for his empire.

[Sgent]

19. I'm

very concerned about a Taliban resurgence. Unless they agree to prevent another OBL / Al Qeda from being sheltered I'm not sure what else we should do.

[keithbvadu2]

16. The Taliban's word is equally as good as Trump's.

Truce agreement.

The Taliban's word is equally as good as Trump's.

[FormerOstrich]

18. When did we start

recognizing and/or negotiating with the Taliban?

Has it been that way for a long time and I haven't known? Have I been a current instead of a former on this?

[Demonaut]

20. so, we are where we started, sans a few trillion

the waste s unfathomable