NEW: US gov't has collected persuasive intel that the Taliban does not intend to honor the promises it has made in the recently signed deal with the US, 3 American officials tell NBCNews, undercutting what has been days of hopeful talk from the US gov't.
Trump confirmed he spoke by phone Tuesday with Baradar, a remarkable moment after nearly two decades of war with the group that sheltered Osama bin Laden while he planned the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 against the U.S.
The Taliban is suspicious that Trump could back out of the withdrawal plan after the U.S. presidential election in November, multiple Taliban sources said. But Susan Rice, who was Obama's national security adviser, is also critical of the agreement, saying it's not a deal the Obama administration could have countenanced.
The Afghan government, which was not a party to the U.S.-Taliban deal, is also skeptical. Afghan political leaders fear the U.S. is ready to abandon the country to the Taliban without guarantees it will keep up military and financial support for Kabul or keep its troops in place until a peace treaty is agreed, a senior Afghan official told NBC News.
"The Taliban could not assure its followers abandonment of their terrorist guests even of they wanted," London said."Many of these groups are inextricably tied through marriage, tribal ties and military interdependence."
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