Afghanistan Peace Deal

It's time stop listening to those who have been wrong for two decades.

"We are not a people of perpetual war - it is the antithesis of everything for which we stand and for which our ancestors fought," wrote Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller in his initial message to the force on Friday. "All wars must end."

A day after President Donald Trump tweeted that all U.S. troops in Afghanistan should be home by the end of the year, the silence coming from top military leaders was so intense that one could practically hear a mouse fart.

All U.S. troops in Afghanistan should be "home by Christmas," President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, just hours after his national security adviser said Washington would reduce its forces in Afghanistan to 2,500 by early next year

"Due to COVID-19 concerns, we are moving towards that planned drawdown faster than anticipated"

"Except at the beginning, we never really fought to win."

Good luck with that!

Not great

Peace has not flowered in Afghanistan since the US agreed to leave.

The Taliban have mounted more than 4,500 attacks in Afghanistan, marking a sharp escalation in violence, in the 45 days since signing a deal with the United States that paves the way for a U.S. troop drawdown

The Afghan government has freed a total of 300 Taliban prisoners since April 8.

The commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan met Taliban leadership in Doha to discuss the need to reduce violence in the war-torn country, spokesmen for both sides said on Saturday, as continued clashes threaten to derail a fragile peace process.

The Afghan government freed 100 Taliban prisoners on Wednesday as a first step in a peace process with the hardline Islamists, despite the group's suspension of talks on a planned prisoner exchange crucial to moving to formal talks to end years of war

Operation Resolute Support is currently assessing how many U.S. troops will have to stay in Afghanistan longer than expected.

Maybe the Taliban has a FOIA office?

The long goodbye begins.

It is unclear if the Taliban have pledged to stop killing Afghan security forces as part of a deal with the US.

So much for the reduction in violence.

President Donald Trump spoke with Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar following the recent signing of an Afghanistan withdrawal agreement, the Taliban announced in a news release on Tuesday

The Taliban may have already abandoned its pledge to reduce violence in Afghanistan.