FILE PHOTO: Head of the Afghanistan's peace council, Abdullah Abdullah, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Saiyna Bashir/File Photo
KABUL (Reuters) - A tweet by President Donald Trump calling for U.S. troops to be home by Christmas has given the insurgent Taliban the upper hand in negotiations, the top Afghanistan peace official told the Financial Times newspaper.
Trump posted the tweet last week, hours after his national security adviser said Washington would reduce its forces in Afghanistan to 2,500 by early next year. The Taliban has welcomed the announcement.
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