John Bolton’s departure could resurrect Trump’s Taliban talks

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President’s Trump’s split with former national security adviser John Bolton could foreshadow an effort to revive the Taliban peace talks that delivered the final blow to the pair’s strained relationship.

“Perhaps Trump will seek a pause in Taliban violence, claim the Taliban are now serious, and continue his unilateral withdrawal,” Michael Rubin of the American Enterprise Institute told the Washington Examiner.

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