Taliban momentum on the battlefield and divisions within Afghanistan’s central government are complicating negotiations over a withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country, key lawmakers say.

“There’s real concern there about the Taliban continuing to gain operational space,” Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a Republican who sits on the Foreign Relations and Intelligence committees, told the Washington Examiner. “That, I think, combined with some of the instability in the Afghan national government is concerning.”

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