Pompeo says U.S.-Taliban deal to include timeline for troops withdrawal, intra-Afghan negotiations

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo takes part in a press briefing in Washington D.C., the United States, Feb. 25, 2020. Pompeo said on Tuesday that a possible U.S.-Taliban peace deal will include a timetable for conditions-based U.S. troop withdrawals and the start of the intra-Afghan negotiations. Washington will sign a deal with Afghan Taliban "on or about February 29th" only after a successful implementation of a week-long violence reduction beginning Saturday in Afghanistan, Pompeo told reporters at a State Department press conference. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)