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Mike Pompeo refuses to sign Afghanistan peace dealthanks, is there a thread about it here on PDF already? post me the link please!
Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, has refused to sign a peace deal with the Taliban amid growing unease over the draft accord aimed at ending America’s 18-year war in Afghanistan, according to officials.
As a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up near the US embassy in Kabul yesterday, it emerged that senior figures within the Trump administration harbour deep misgivings about striking a deal with the insurgents that US troops have fought since 2001.
Chief among them is Mr Pompeo, who has declined to put his name to the deal, according to a report in Time. Several former US ambassadors to Afghanistan had already warned in an open letter this week that a hasty withdrawal of American troops risked plunging the country back…
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mike-pompeo-refuses-to-sign-afghanistan-peace-deal-bm30ltsd9