(CNN) President Donald Trump arrived in Afghanistan Thursday for a surprise Thanksgiving visit to US troops and announced peace talks with the Taliban have restarted. Speaking at Bagram Air Base, Trump told troops that "the Taliban wants to make a deal. Trump also held a bilateral meeting with the President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani. "We're working on an agreement now with the Taliban," Trump said on Fox News' "Fox & Friends." In fact, senior Pentagon officials had been unanimously opposed to the President's intervention because they believed it would undermine military discipline and order.

Source: CNN November 28, 2019 19:04 UTC