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Dan Goldman: “When the Trump-Taliban deal was signed, attacks by the Taliban against the Afghan security forces and police went up by…”

On the recordApril 17, 2023
When the Trump-Taliban deal was signed, attacks by the Taliban against the Afghan security forces and police went up by an average of 70 percent a day.
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Dan Goldman
Democratic · New York

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Goldman highlights the increase in Taliban attacks following the Trump-Taliban agreement.

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