Taliban talks 'encouraging': acting US defense chief

"I'd say really the takeaway right now: it's encouraging," Shanahan told Pentagon reporters as he waited to greet NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. US officials have said President Donald Trump wants to withdraw about half of the 14,000 US troops in Afghanistan. Stoltenberg later said it was too early to speak about the future disposition of NATO forces in Afghanistan.

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