President Trump says Secretary of State Pompeo will witness signing of a US-Taliban agreement on a withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan
President Donald Trump, accompanied by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on August 16, 2018, in Washington, US.
He said Defense Secretary Mark Esper also will issue a joint declaration with the government of Afghanistan. Much of the plan remains vague, except to say that American troops will withdraw and that the Taliban promise not to let extremists use the country as a staging ground for attacking the US or its allies. Within 10 to 15 days after the signing, the Taliban and representatives from all sectors of Afghan society, including the government, are to sit down to try to negotiate the framework of a post-war Afghanistan.
More than 20 lawmakers recently wrote a letter to Pompeo and Esper asking for assurances that the US-Taliban agreement will not jeopardise US security.
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