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Critics of US-Taliban deal say militants can’t be trusted

Intelligence that Afghan militants might have accepted Russian bounties for killing American troops did not scuttle the US-Taliban agreement or President Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw thousands more troops from the war.

It did give critics of the deal another reason to say the Taliban shouldn’t be trusted.

The bounty information was included in Trump’s president’s daily intelligence brief on…

US-Taliban deal could see US pullout in 14 months

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The US and its Nato allies will withdraw all their troops from Afghanistan in 14 months if the Taliban uphold their commitments under a deal to be signed shortly, officials say.

The announcement came in a joint US-Afghan declaration issued in Kabul.

The agreement, to be signed in Qatar later on Saturday, is aimed at paving the way towards peace in Afghanistan after more…

A U.S.-Taliban Deal Hinges on Reducing Violence. It Might Work Like This.

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The United States and the Taliban are perhaps the closest they have been to a deal that could begin the end of America’s longest war, with President Trump giving a conditional green light to his diplomats to prepare for signing.

That condition, however, is no small one.

The United States is demanding that in the week before any agreement is signed, there be a…

Afghanistan violence soars amid US-Taliban talks: Watchdog | News

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Violent attacks in Afghanistan jumped to record levels in the last quarter of 2019 compared to previous years, a US government watchdog has said, underscoring the 18-year-long conflict’s continued toll on the country.

There were 8,204 attacks between October and December last year – up from 6,974 in the same period in 2018 – according to a reportby the Special Inspector General for…