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Biden administration will review deal with the Taliban
The United States will review the peace agreement reached with the Taliban last year, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told his Afghan counterpart in a phone call on Friday, according to a White House statement.
Under a February 2020 deal between the United States and the Taliban, US forces are to leave Afghanistan by May 2021 in exchange for counter-terrorism guarantees.
Last week the number of US troops in Afghanistan went down to 2,500, the lowest level of American forces there since 2001.
But violence levels in Afghanistan have surged, hastening international calls for a ceasefire between the Afghan government and the Taliban.
The representatives of the two sides…
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