Liz Cheney: Trump’s Deal With The Taliban “Threatens The Security Of The U.S.” – By Darren Woon (The Intellectualist) / March 10 2020
President Trump brokered a deal with the Taliban, which prompted top Republicans to break with him on the issue.
The Trump administration brokered a deal with the Taliban on Saturday, which prompted top Republicans in the House to express concern, saying the insurgents won’t live up to their end of the bargain and arguing that the agreement puts the country’s national security at risk, according to The Hill.
President Trump spoke on the phone Tuesday with the Taliban’s chief negotiator in the first known conversation between a U.S. president and the Taliban since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
“We had a good conversation. We’ve agreed there’s no violence,” Trump said of his call with the co-founder of the Taliban, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.
Under the deal signed Saturday, the U.S. military must decrease troop levels to 8,600 in 135 days. The deal also lays out a timeline for a full U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 14 months if the Taliban lives up to its commitments.
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