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kentuck

(111,082 posts)
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 06:44 PM Aug 2021

Some retired General on Deadline WhiteHouse said Trump made a deal with the Taliban...

...to withdraw all the troops if they promised to give them a clear way out?

And that Biden was operating under the same deal?

But, it appears, the Taliban cannot be trusted?

Anybody else hear that interview?

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Some retired General on Deadline WhiteHouse said Trump made a deal with the Taliban... (Original Post) kentuck Aug 2021 OP
well yes it was well documented at the time. drray23 Aug 2021 #1
Yes Bev54 Aug 2021 #2
Afghan conflict: US and Taliban sign deal to end 18-year war (Feb 2020) Make7 Aug 2021 #3
Trump handled this one with his Turbineguy Aug 2021 #4
He proposed inviting the Taliban to Camp David. kskiska Aug 2021 #5
and had to be ridiculed into rescinding the invite CatWoman Aug 2021 #6

drray23

(7,627 posts)
1. well yes it was well documented at the time.
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 06:52 PM
Aug 2021

it was reported that the US had been negotiating with the talibans to get out of Afghanistan by certain date in return for them not attacking.

Make7

(8,543 posts)
3. Afghan conflict: US and Taliban sign deal to end 18-year war (Feb 2020)
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 06:58 PM
Aug 2021
The US and Nato allies have agreed to withdraw all troops within 14 months if the militants uphold the deal.

President Trump said it had been a "long and hard journey" in Afghanistan. "It's time after all these years to bring our people back home," he said.

...

Under the agreement, the militants also agreed not to allow al-Qaeda or any other extremist group to operate in the areas they control.

...

"I really believe the Taliban wants to do something to show we're not all wasting time," Mr Trump added. "If bad things happen, we'll go back with a force like no-one's ever seen."

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51689443
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