“All Mujahideen must adhere to their given duties for the upcoming seven days, must remain defensively alert in case of violation by the opposition and must strictly refrain from entering enemy territory."

“Upon a successful implementation of this understanding, signing of the U.S.-Taliban agreement is expected to move forward,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.

“When you have tough [deploy]-to-dwell ratios like we face, we got to continue to grow or we got to reduce demand,” the secretary of the Army said.