WASHINGTON - The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday in an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation said that along with the public document of the US-Taliban deal released on Saturday, “there are two implementing elements that will be provided. They are secret.”
“They are military implementation documents that are important to protect our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines,” Pompeo said.
“They're classified, secret. There aren't any side deals. Remember, the side deals I was complaining about (referring to Iran deal under the Obama administration) were deals that the American side never got to see. John Kerry never got to see those side deals. This is- this is not that. This is a fully transparent arrangement,” he said.
In response to a question about whether or not there is a deal to keep a certain US military presence in Afghanistan, Pompeo said:
“The American people should know Donald Trump is not going to take words on a paper. We're going to see if the Taliban are prepared to live up to the commitments they've made.”(TOLO NEWS)