Trump Admin, Taliban Announce Peace Deal: ‘Significant’ Reduction In Violence, Release of Prisoners

In a pair of statements Friday, the Trump administration and Afghanistan’s Taliban announced their agreement to sign a peace deal on Feb. 29 conditioned on a week-long reduction in violence across the country.

The deal, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement Friday, will result in “a significant and nationwide reduction in violence across Afghanistan.” In a statement released Friday, the Taliban said that both parties will work to “create a suitable security situation” in advance of the deal and “make arrangements for the release of prisoners.”