Defense Secretary says start of reduction in violence period in Afghanistan 'is a moving date'

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the US has not yet fully set a date for when it will begin a period of reduction in violence negotiated with the Taliban

"That is a moving date because we are still doing consultations if you will ... yesterday Secretary Pompeo and I met with President Ghani ... so I can't give you a hard date right now," Esper told reporters in Munich, Germany, before leaving to return to the US.Esper said the US will need to make some decisions after the agreement on the violence, which is expected to last about seven days, ends.

There will be a reduction to a certain number over time 8,600 and from there -- actually from the beginning it's all conditions based," he said."We have agreed to a number of things we would not do as well and have agreed to a number of things ... We are going to suspend a significant part of our operations, but I don't want to go anymore into it," Esper added.Read More"Where we are right now is on the doorstep of a reduction of violence period.

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