...The United States will sign a peace deal with the Taliban by the end of February, the State Department and Secretary Pompeo announced Friday afternoon.
...The official peace deal is preceded by a reduction in violence, that went into effect just after midnight on Saturday, Kabul time.
...Peace talks between Pompeo and Taliban leaders had improved in recent weeks, and President Donald Trump has flirted with the idea of large-scale troop withdrawals from the Middle East.
...The news of the pending peace deal comes just one day after the New York Times published an op-ed from Taliban leader, Sirajuddin Haqqani, titled, "What We, The Taliban, Want.".
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