Pompeo sees "rocky and bumpy" path forward in Afghanistan despite deal
Washington — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged Sunday that the road ahead in Afghanistan will be rough following the historic peace deal the United States signed with the Taliban this weekend.
"It's going to be rocky and bumpy," Pompeo said on "Face the Nation." "No one is under any false illusion that this won't be a difficult conversation, but that conversation for the first time in almost two decades will be among the Afghan people, and that's the appropriate place for that conversation to take place."
Pompeo was in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday for the signing of the peace deal, which seeks to bring U.S. troops home following the 18-year conflict in Afghanistan. America's longest war has claimed the lives of more than 2,400 U.S. service members and cost the federal government more than $750 billion.
The agreement between the U.S. and Taliban militants calls for a drawdown of forces in Afghanistan from 13,000 to 8,600 in the next 135 days, followed by the withdrawal of all troops within 14 months. The deal also lays out the details of a prisoner swap, with up to 5,000 Taliban to be released in exchange for 1,000 imprisoned Afghan security forces by March 10.
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I'm sure you'll find a way to fuck it up Pompeo.