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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFrom last year: Trump says he spoke to a Taliban leader, had 'good talk'
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump confirmed Tuesday that he spoke on the phone to a Taliban leader, making him the first U.S. president believed to have ever spoken directly with the militant group responsible for the deaths of thousands of U.S. troops in nearly 19 years of fighting in Afghanistan.
Trump said the United States has a shared interest with the Taliban, which harbored al-Qaida before the 9/11 attacks.
We had a very good conversation with the leader of the Taliban today, and theyre looking to get this ended, and were looking to get it ended. I think we all have a very common interest, Trump said. We had, actually, a very good talk with the leader of the Taliban.
The United States and the Taliban signed an agreement last Saturday calling for the withdrawal of American troops, allowing Trump to make progress on a key campaign pledge to extract the U.S. from what he calls endless wars and paving the way for all-Afghan talks to begin on Tuesday.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ap-top-news-afghanistan-politics-united-states-e142c8d18406fb270ccb2c0cb0872a0a
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From last year: Trump says he spoke to a Taliban leader, had 'good talk' (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Aug 2021
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Taliban co-founder and leader and 5000 Taliban fighters were released at TFG/US' request
LetMyPeopleVote
Aug 2021
#4
PortTack
(32,688 posts)1. anybody believe that?
Vogon_Glory
(9,109 posts)2. The Republicans' memory will self-erase in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
( BLIP)
Republican spokesman: Trump never said that.
Budi
(15,325 posts)3. This is the actual scenario. And why are the Repubs deleting this stuff now?
LetMyPeopleVote
(144,859 posts)4. Taliban co-founder and leader and 5000 Taliban fighters were released at TFG/US' request
TFG ordered released the head of the Taliban. This man will be the new leader of Afghanistan
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
TFG also ordered the release of 5000 prisoners many of whom are not fighting against the former government
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
dalton99a
(81,372 posts)5. +1.
IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)8. Just like GOP thinks the answer to mass shootings is more guns
the answer to Taliban violence is to release thousands of them from prison.
I don't blame Biden for doing what needed to be done a long time ago. If anything, Obama should have got the US out of Afghanistan.
lonely bird
(1,675 posts)6. Good talk? Common interest?
Jesus Christ on a pogostick. What a brain dead idiot.
onethatcares
(16,161 posts)7. did he look deeply into their eyes?
or maybe get a nice love letter or something tangible?
LiberalFighter
(50,751 posts)9. Based on the difficulty I had understanding a Taliban member...
I doubt Trump understood what he was saying if he talked to him.
rockfordfile
(8,695 posts)10. trump fits right in with the Taliban