Trump forced a peace deal in Afghanistan to head into re-election with the illusion of fulfilling a campaign promise. Only two days after the agreement, this is the news (NOTE THE PART IN ALL CAPS):
Kabul (AFP) - The Taliban called an abrupt end to a partial truce on Monday, just two days after signing a deal with the United States that was meant to bring peace at last to Afghanistan.
In the southern province of Kandahar, considered the Taliban's heartland, fighting broke out in at least in two districts.
"They started attacking five of our posts in Panjwahi and Maiwand," local police chief Sultan Mohammad Hakimi told AFP. "Fighting is ongoing."
The Taliban ordered its fighters to recommence attacks against Afghan army and police forces, apparently ending an official "reduction in violence" that had seen a dramatic drop in bloodshed and given Afghans a welcome taste of relative calm.
The partial truce between the US, the insurgents and Afghan forces lasted for the week running up to the signing of the US-Taliban accord in Doha on Saturday, and was extended over the weekend.
"The reduction in violence... has ended now and our operations will continue as normal," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told AFP.
"AS PER THE (US-Taliban) AGREEMENT, OUR MUJAHIDEEN WILL NOT ATTACK FOREIGN FORCES BUT OUR OPERATIONS WILL CONTINUE AGAINST THE KABUL ADMINISTRATION FORCES."
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So, its now confirmed that we sold out the Afghan government? We essentially surrendered Afghanistan to the Taliban?