BREAKING In a historic signing ceremony with the top U.S. diplomat and the Taliban's second highest-ranking leader, the U.S. and the militant group agreed to end America's longest war.
, in exchange for the Taliban sitting down to peace negotiations with other Afghans and severing ties with terror groups like al-Qaida -- which the Taliban harbored ahead of the Sept. 11 attacks, prompting a U.S. invasion and over 18 years of war.
In this handout photo taken and released by Afghanistan's Ministry of Defence office on Feb. 26, 2020, Commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan Gen. Austin Scott Miller shakes hands with a young boy, in the city of Kabul. "People are concerned about the historic relationship between the Taliban and al-Qaida. We think think this is a decisive and historic first step in terms of their public acknowledgement that they are breaking ties with al-Qaida," the senior administration official told ABC News.There will be verification mechanisms in place to ensure that happens, the official added, including"our military and other asset presence on the ground." In exchange, they said, the U.S.
In this June 16, 2018 photo, Taliban fighters ride in their vehicle in Surkhroad district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. Many Afghans view Saturday's expected U.S.-Taliban peace deal with a heavy dose of well-earned skepticism.
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