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  1. The Republican National Committee has conveniently removed an inconvenient webpage from 2020 in which it praised Trump for signing a "historic peace agreement with the Taliban." The page had been removed with the web address redirecting to a 404 error page featuring the quip: "It looks like you're as lost as Biden is." Featured as part of a section titled "President Trump Is Bringing Peace In The Middle East," the page described how Trump had "continued to take the lead in peace talks." In the now-deleted GOP webpage, it is stated that Trump negotiated a deal for the withdrawals by May 2021 "in exchange for a Taliban agreement to not allow Afghanistan to be used for transnational terrorism." Abdul Ghani Baradar, the co-founder of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the organization's current political chief, was released from a Pakistani jail at the request of the US while Trump was in office. As recently as April, Trump was also voicing his support for withdrawal, stating that "getting out of Afghanistan is a wonderful and positive thing to do." "Nineteen years is long enough, in fact, far too much and way too long," he said. The Trump White House agreed to a May 1 troop withdrawal. Biden had to decide whether to honor a deal that included the Taliban but not the Afghan government. Under the agreement, the militants also agreed not to allow al-Qaeda or any other extremist group to operate in the areas they control. Speaking at the White House, Trump said the Taliban had been trying to reach an agreement with the US for a long time. He said US troops had been eliminating terrorists in Afghanistan "by the thousands" and now it was "time for someone else to do that work, and it will be the Taliban and it could be surrounding countries". "I really believe the Taliban wants to do something to show we're not all wasting time," Trump added. "If bad things happen, we'll go back with a force like no-one's ever seen." The deal was signed by US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar with Secretary of State Pompeo as a witness. In a speech, Pompeo urged the militant group to "keep your promises to cut ties with al-Qaeda". Baradar said he hoped Afghanistan could now emerge from four decades of conflict. "I hope that with the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Afghanistan the Afghan nation under an Islamic regime will take its relief and embark on a new prosperous life," he said. Meanwhile Defence Secretary Mark Esper was in Kabul alongside Afghan President Ashraf Ghani - whose government did not take part in the US-Taliban talks. Esper said: "This is a hopeful moment, but it is only the beginning. The road ahead will not be easy. Achieving lasting peace in Afghanistan will require patience and compromise among all parties."
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