per original post: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-administration-asks-congress-to-reimburse-taliban/ar-AABsXkH?ocid=spartandhp
From the article, this was the sticking point a few months ago, that these negotiations happened "behind the back" of the ruling Afghan government.
The place has gotten only worse unfortunately. Hopefully, it can be straightened out but it is about bringing the warring parties to the table. Some agreements had been reached in the past, if we'd withdraw, the Taliban would leave parts of the country alone but obviously, they can't be trusted.
Right now, an incident is being fired as to whether a friendly fire incident saw a USA airstrike kill 17 Afghan policemen.
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3010749/friendly-fire-us-air-strike-kills-17-policemen-afghanistan
Horrible, the cost of war.
Some battle, see, we are giving air support primarily to spare our soldiers.
"Ruptly" per the video, I think is a Russian source just for the record.
Yes, I read that.
More:
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/05/03/Afghan-leaders-call-for-a-cease-fire-but-Taliban-wants-US-troops-gone-first/4901556900623/Taliban Target Aid Groups, in an Ominous Turn in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — A Taliban attack on two aid organizations last week, the deadliest episode in a recent surge of violence against humanitarian workers in Afghanistan, is a signal to many that as peace talks falter, the insurgents are lashing out against so-called soft targets.
Wednesday’s attack killed three workers for CARE, the American aid group, and at least six others, most of them civilians. Aid workers said the true death toll was 13. In either case, it was the single biggest loss of life among the country’s 2,000 nongovernmental organizations in over a year.
The bombing, which struck CARE and Counterpart International offices, came as the sixth round of peace negotiations between the Taliban and Americans limped to an end in Qatar. The Afghan government was excluded from the talks, which ended after seven fitful days with a sense of fading optimism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/world/asia/afghanistan-taliban-aid-workers.htmlLooks like the Taliban is ready to be peaceful alright.
The Taliban vowed that the assault on the aid groups would not be their last.
