Helmand province

Taliban Claims U.S. Violating Peace Deal in Afghanistan

The Taliban accused the U.S. military on Sunday of violating a peace deal the two sides agreed to in February, claiming that the U.S. had carried out “excessive airstrikes” in areas of Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province occupied by the Taliban and elsewhere in the country.

In this Feb. 29, 2020, file, photo, Afghanistan's Taliban delegation arrive for the agreem