U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center right, and Afghan National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib, center left, review an honor guard, during an arrival ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 23, 2020. Pompeo was in Kabul on an urgent visit Monday to try to move forward a U.S. peace deal signed last month with the Taliban, a trip that comes despite the coronavirus pandemic, at a time when world leaders and statesmen are curtailing offi…
March 23, 2020
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US slashes aid to Afghanistan after Pompeo visit to Kabul
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is slashing $1 billion in assistance to Afghanistan and threatening further reductions in all forms of cooperation after the country's rival leaders failed to agree on forming a new government.