US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has arrived in Doha to witness a US troop withdrawal deal that could end the war in Afghanistan.The signing ceremony between the United States and Taliban Islamist militants is set to take place in Doha this afternoon.
It carries with it hopes of a fall in violence in Afghanistan after decades of conflict and the opening of peace talks with the Afghan government, which was excluded from the direct US-Taliban negotiations.Mr Stoltenberg was to participate in a Kabul media conference later Saturday with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and US Defense Secretary Mark Esper, a NATO statement said.
The commitments to be made in the Taliban agreement and the joint declaration are an "important step to a lasting peace" that could free Afghans from the threat of al-Qaeda and the so-called Islamic State group, Mr Trump said in a statement.
Trump gets shit done.
Which are they helicopters that the U.S will be using?
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