The U.S. signed a peace deal with the Taliban in February to end 19 years of war in Afghanistan.

The U.S. and Taliban signed an agreement for America to pull troops from Afghanistan two days after intelligence about the bounties was first allegedly delivered to President Donald Trump.

At a State Department news conference, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the situation was handled "incredibly well'' to ensure the safety of U.S. troops.

Eight Republican lawmakers attended a White House briefing about explosive allegations that Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan — intelligence the White House insisted the president himself had not been fully read in on.

The assessment was included in at least one of President Donald Trump's written daily intelligence briefings at the time, according to the officials.

Eight Republican lawmakers were briefed Monday on the explosive allegations against Russia, while eight Democrats will be briefed Tuesday morning.

Trump, in a Sunday morning tweet, said ``Nobody briefed or told me'' or Vice-President Mike Pence or chief of staff Mark Meadows about ``the so-called attacks on our troops in Afghanistan by Russians.''

Russia called the report "nonsense."

The talks, known as the intra-Afghan dialog, will be the first high-level meeting between the two sides after years of fighting.

The executive order authorizes sanctions against any person directly engaged in any ICC effort to investigate U.S. personnel without U.S. consent, a Trump administration official said.