Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announces that the US and Taliban 'have negotiated a proposal for a seven day reduction in violence'
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced Thursday that the US and the Afghan Taliban"have negotiated a proposal for a seven day reduction in violence."
"The United States and the Taliban have negotiated a proposal for a seven day reduction in violence. I'm here today consulting with Allies about this proposal and we've had a series of productive bilateral and collective meetings about the path forward," Esper said, speaking from NATO headquarters. "We've said all along that the best if not only solution in Afghanistan is a political agreement.
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