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Report: US Intelligence Says Taliban Plan to Break Peace Deal

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   A U.S. media outlet reported Friday that the U.S. government had
   intelligence that the Taliban did not plan to abide by promises they
   made in the recent peace agreement with the United States.

   NBC News cited three U.S. intelligence officials, who remained
   anonymous in the report, saying the U.S. intelligence indicated the
   Taliban viewed the peace process as a way to secure the withdrawal of
   U.S. troops. After the troops leave Afghanistan, the Taliban plan to
   attack the U.S.-backed government of Afghanistan, according to the
   report.

   The U.S.-Taliban agreement signed last Saturday calls for the Taliban
   to stop harboring terrorists and to enter into peace talks with the
   Afghan government in exchange for a U.S. pledge to withdraw troops.

   The deal sets the stage for Washington to close America's longest war
   and bring home in the next 14 months roughly 13,000 troops from
   Afghanistan.

   The agreement also requires both sides not to attack each other's
   forces and binds the insurgent group not to carry out suicide and other
   bombings in Afghan urban centers.

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