{"id":96301,"date":"2020-02-24T11:45:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T16:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=96301"},"modified":"2020-02-24T11:45:57","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T16:45:57","slug":"trump-expresses-optimism-for-us-peace-deal-with-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=96301","title":{"rendered":"Trump expresses optimism for US peace deal with Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nPresident Donald Trump, with first lady Melania Trump, wave as they walk across the tarmac to board Air Force One during their departure, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Trump is traveling to India. (Alex Brandon\/AP)<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m guardedly optimistic. Both the Taliban and the U.S. are calling on their forces to be prepared to use self-defense only, and Taliban fighters have been prohibited from going to enemy areas.<\/p>\n

The United States and the Taliban agreed to sign a peace deal next week that could end 18 years of war in Afghanistan.<\/h3>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump said Sunday he\u2019s ready to sign a peace deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan if a temporary truce holds in America\u2019s longest war. \u201cTime to come home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

“They want to stop. You know, they’ve been fighting a long time. They’re tough people. We’re tough people,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House for a trip to India. “But after 19 years, that’s a long time.”<\/p>\n

The two sides earlier this month announced the truce, which took effect last Friday and set the stage for a broader deal aimed at ending 18 years of war in Afghanistan and bringing U.S. troops home.<\/p>\n

If the truce proves a success, it will be followed by the signing of the peace accord on Saturday, wrapping up the United States’ longest-running conflict and fulfilling one of Trump’s chief campaign promises.<\/p>\n

“We think they want to make a deal. We want to make a deal. I think it’s going to work out. We’ll see,” Trump said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If this works out, another promise kept. Read the entire article here: Breitbart<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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