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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 4971469" data-attributes="member: 54375">&quot;American forces immediately began to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/10/10/afghanistan-us-troop-withdrawal/" target="_blank">vacate bases</a> and <a href="https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-qatar-doha-middle-east-taliban-96f7ba55d5ceb1f412ac9b300813b12d" target="_blank">pull out</a>. But the Taliban, contrary to its <a href="https://twitter.com/USFOR_A/status/1256505755886407680" target="_blank">commitments</a>, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/taliban-attacks-in-afghanistan-surge-after-us-peace-deal-inflicting-heavy-casualties/2020/04/30/1362fb40-88c0-11ea-80df-d24b35a568ae_story.html" target="_blank">escalated its attacks</a>. Pompeo responded by making excuses. “We have seen the senior Taliban leadership working diligently to reduce violence from previous levels,” he <a href="https://2017-2021.state.gov/secretary-pompeos-remarks-to-the-press/index.html" target="_blank">asserted</a> on March 5, 2020. “We still have confidence that the Taliban leadership is working to deliver on its commitments.” He argued that critics were making too much of the latest attacks, since violence in Afghanistan was “<a href="https://2017-2021.state.gov/secretary-michael-r-pompeo-with-steve-doocy-jedediah-bila-and-pete-hegseth-of-fox-and-friends/index.html" target="_blank">common</a>.”WS</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 4971469, member: 54375"] "American forces immediately began to [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/10/10/afghanistan-us-troop-withdrawal/']vacate bases[/URL] and [URL='https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-qatar-doha-middle-east-taliban-96f7ba55d5ceb1f412ac9b300813b12d']pull out[/URL]. But the Taliban, contrary to its [URL='https://twitter.com/USFOR_A/status/1256505755886407680']commitments[/URL], [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/taliban-attacks-in-afghanistan-surge-after-us-peace-deal-inflicting-heavy-casualties/2020/04/30/1362fb40-88c0-11ea-80df-d24b35a568ae_story.html']escalated its attacks[/URL]. Pompeo responded by making excuses. “We have seen the senior Taliban leadership working diligently to reduce violence from previous levels,” he [URL='https://2017-2021.state.gov/secretary-pompeos-remarks-to-the-press/index.html']asserted[/URL] on March 5, 2020. “We still have confidence that the Taliban leadership is working to deliver on its commitments.” He argued that critics were making too much of the latest attacks, since violence in Afghanistan was “[URL='https://2017-2021.state.gov/secretary-michael-r-pompeo-with-steve-doocy-jedediah-bila-and-pete-hegseth-of-fox-and-friends/index.html']common[/URL].” WS [/QUOTE]

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