Trump Taliban

• Taliban welcomes Trump’s tweet on early troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

  The Afghan Taliban on Thursday welcomed a tweet from U.S. President Donald Trump in which he promised to have the last of U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by Christmas.

  World

  Oct 8, 2020
  
• Donald Trump’s Taliban peace deal leaves out Afghanistan government and NATO

  Matthew Fisher says he welcomes any deal to end a war but understands why ordinary Afghans might feel betrayed by Donald Trump’s peace deal with the Taliban.

  Commentary

  Mar 5, 2020
  
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• Trump says he had a ‘good long conversation’ with the leader of the Taliban

  Trump is believed to be the first U.S. president to speak directly to the Taliban, and he suggested it wasn't his first time.

  World

  Mar 3, 2020
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• Pentagon chief in Afghanistan for firsthand look at U.S.’ longest war

  The U.S. has about 14,000 American troops in Afghanistan as part of the American-led coalition.

  World

  Oct 20, 2019
• U.S.-Taliban peace talks are now ‘dead’, Trump says after cancelling secret meeting

  Trump’s remark to reporters at the White House suggested he sees no point in resuming a nearly yearlong effort to reach a political settlement with the Taliban.

  World

  Sep 9, 2019