The United States and the Taliban made progress in peace talks in late January after coming to a basic understanding about withdrawing American troops in return for Taliban commitments to prevent Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for transnational terrorists. www.newageislam.com/radical-islamism-and-jihad/borhan-osman/foreign-jihadist-groups-in-afghanistan-grew,-mutated-and-faded-over-the-past-two-decades/d/117682