U.S. Strikes Taliban Hours After Trump's Call to Militant Group
Bloomberg) -- Hours after Donald Trump spoke by phone with a top leader of the Taliban about peace in Afghanistan, the U.S. conducted an airstrike against the militant group while it was attacking Afghan forces in Helmand province.
U.S. military spokesman Sonny Leggett confirmed the airstrikes on Twitter, calling on the Taliban to stop “needless” attacks. “To be clear -- we are committed to peace,” he tweeted, noting that Afghans and the U.S. had complied with the recently-signed agreement, while the Taliban “appear intent on squandering this opportunity and ignoring the will of the people for peace.”
As he left the White House on Tuesday, Trump called the conversation a “very good talk” and said the two sides had reiterated commitments to reduce violence in a peace agreement reached in Qatar on Saturday. The U.S. invaded Afghanistan following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
“We had a good conversation,” Trump said of the call, believed to be the first direct communication between an American president and a senior official from the militant group since America’s longest war began 19 years ago. “We’ve agreed there’s no violence, we don’t want violence, we’ll see what happens, they’re dealing with Afghanistan, but we’ll see what happens.”
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