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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he doesn’t know when or where President Donald Trump’s meeting with the Taliban would take place.
“They have an enormous amount of American blood on their hands,†Pompeo said on CBS’s “Face the Nation†on Sunday. “We’re going to see if the Taliban are prepared to live up to the commitments they made.â€
The president said he plans to meet personally with Taliban leaders “in the not-too-distant future.†His comment came after Pompeo led a delegation to sign a peace deal aimed at winding down the war in Afghanistan.
“It’s going to be rocky and bumpy,†Pompeo said.
The deal calls for US troop levels to fall to 8,600 within 135 days, from about 13,000 now, and for all US forces to withdraw in 14 months if the accord holds.