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Report: Taliban Asking Trump to Remove All U.S. Troops From Afghanistan
Sunday, January 22, 2017 03:40 PM
By: Cathy Burke
The Taliban is asking President Donald Trump to remove all U.S. troops from Afghanistan – and is hinting at a willingness to work with Washington, Stars and Stripes reported Sunday.
In a statement on its website, the insurgency group called on Trump to “put an end to the invasion," and asked him to “help countries with their development” rather than with “bloodshed and destruction," the military news outlet reported.
The Taliban have been seeking to regain control of Afghanistan since they were ousted after the U.S.-led NATO invasion in 2001.
The statement said responsibility for finding a solution to the conflict between the Taliban and Afghanistan's government now falls to Trump
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