What Trump's 'peace' agreement with Taliban really means

(CNN)The Trump administration is close to signing a "peace" agreement with the Taliban, but let's not kid ourselves; this is really a withdrawal agreement in the middle of a hotly contested presidential election season. Such an agreement with the Taliban will allow Trump to point to a campaign promise kept: getting the United States out of its longest war. Peter Bergen As a confidence-building measure, since last Saturday the Taliban have agreed to implement a "reduction in violence" in Afghanistan that will help pave the way for the signing of the formal US-Taliban deal slated for February 29. Read More But there is a lot less to this reduction in violence than meets the eye, since the...