America's top general meets with Taliban, calls for reduction in violence
(VOVWORLD) - The top US military officer met separately this week with the Taliban and Afghanistan's president to push for a negotiated solution as the United States pulls out, the Pentagon said Thursday.
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley (Photo: news.usni.org)
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The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, who met for the second time with Taliban representatives, also held talks in Kabul with President Ashraf Ghani to discuss the peace process.
Under a February 29 agreement reached in Doha, the United States set in motion a withdrawal by May 2021 if agreed conditions are met. One of those conditions is that the Taliban reduce violence and move toward a ceasefire in Afghanistan. The Taliban agreed to begin peace negotiations with the Afghanistan government, and those peace negotiations are in their initial phase.