Ariana News Agency-\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cTime to come home,\u201d he said. \u201cThey want to stop. You know, they\u2019ve been fighting a long time. They\u2019re tough people. We\u2019re tough people. But after 19 years, that\u2019s a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump spoke to reporters as he left the White House for a trip to India.<\/p>\n There are more than 12,000 US troops in Afghanistan. According to the website icasualties.org, 2,448 Americans have died in combat there since the invasion in October 2001.<\/p>\n The US and the Taliban announced the truce earlier this month. It took effect last Friday and set the stage for a broader deal aimed at ending 18 years of war in Afghanistan and bringing US troops home.<\/p>\n If the truce proves a success, it will be followed by the signing of the peace accord on Saturday, wrapping up the longest-running US conflict and fulfilling one of Trump\u2019s chief campaign promises.<\/p>\n \u201cWe think they want to make a deal. We want to make a deal. I think it\u2019s going to work out. We\u2019ll see,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n For the Taliban, the successful completion of the truce and peace talks would bring a shot at international legitimacy, which they lacked at the time they ran the country and gave Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida associates safe haven.<\/p>\n US officials have noted the possibility that \u201cspoilers\u201d could disrupt the truce. Determining who is responsible for potential attacks during the seven days will therefore be critical.<\/p>\n On Sunday, Trump expressed cautious optimism about reaching a peace deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Donald Trump said on Sunday he is ready to sign a peace deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan if a temporary truce holds in America\u2019s longest war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_mat_hreflang_tags":[],"addvideo":"","video_duration":"","farsit":"","target":"0","top_stories":"0","top":"1"},"categories":[2,7,3],"tags":[96,32,255],"class_list":["post-4898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan","category-politics","category-world","tag-donald-trump","tag-taliban","tag-us-forces"],"acf":{"myctype":"change","target":false,"top_stories":false,"top":true,"farsit":""},"yoast_head":"\n