Editorial: A deal with the Taliban is a painful price for ending the war in Afghanistan
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Feb 27, 2020
3 minutes
More than 18 years after President George W. Bush dispatched U.S. forces to Afghanistan to help topple the Taliban government, the U.S. and that Islamist group are on the verge of signing an agreement that the Trump administration hopes will lead to peace, the withdrawal of U.S. troops and reconciliation between Afghanistan's political factions.
If a seven-day period of "reduced violence" that went into effect over the weekend holds, the agreement - which has been
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