it was understood it would be a delegation of the islamic republic of afghanistan, not an official governmentwhat i can say is that in the last week since the us envoy arrived here, there has been an attack almost every day by the taliban, saying they are targeting foreign forces, but they have killed civilians. president trump mentioned one attack last week, which killed 12, including two nato soldiers, one of them an american. the others, and afg ha n of them an american. the others, and afghan engineer, and afghan newspaper editor, a retired civil servant, a young afghan, just ten yea rs servant, a young afghan, just ten years old. that seems to have broke the back of presidentjohn‘s hope for peace. but there is rising anger here, why is the united states negotiating this deal, which could lead us only to more war? and not peace? given what you say, lyce, and given the number of attacks in recent weeks and days, do you think an agreement is possible in the short term at all? officials i have been speaking to any presidential palace over the last few days have said they understand this is a