Pompeo, Esper meet Afghan president on cusp of Taliban deal

MUNICH (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper met Friday with Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani amid signs that a truce between the United States and the Taliban is imminent. Pompeo and Esper met Ghani on the sidelines of an international security forum in Munich as officials said a “reduction […]