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USA Today | Donald Trump expresses optimism about peace deal with Taliban in Afghanistan
President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday he would sign a peace agreement with the Taliban in Afghanistan if negotiators can work out the final details.
A frequent critic of U.S. military activity in Afghanistan, Trump told reporters at the White House: "We've been over there 19 years. We think they want to make a deal. We want to make a deal."
Earlier this month, the Trump administration reached an initial agreement with the Taliban for a reduction in the deadly attacks, a precursor to a hoped-for Afghanistan peace deal and a significant withdrawal of U.S. troops.
Military.com | 100,000 civilians killed or injured in Afghanistan in 10 years, UN says
Over 100,000 civilians have been killed or injured by the war in Afghanistan in the past decade, the United Nations said in a report released Saturday.
The announcement came just hours after the U.S. and Afghan militaries began a weeklong period of reduced violence with the Taliban, which could lead to a peace agreement being signed between the U.S. and the insurgents next week and an eventual withdrawal of American forces from the country. Despite the "grim milestone," the overall number of civilian war casualties documented last year dropped to a six-year low, the U.N. said, adding that the decrease was largely due to fewer attacks by the local Islamic State affiliate.
"Almost no civilian in Afghanistan has escaped being personally affected in some way by the ongoing violence," UNAMA head Tadamichi Yamamoto said in a statement. "It is absolutely imperative for all parties to seize the moment to stop the fighting, as peace is long overdue." |
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