The U.S. government’s Special Inspector General for Afghanistan released his quarterly report to Congress on Thursday. ... President Donald Trump contemplates pulling out U.S. troops from Afghanistan and a peace deal with the Taliban could be soon finalized. . ..…

He has, for one thing, begun the legislative process for authorizing the same kind of intrusive presence in Pakistan that he so carefully outlined for Afghanistan: . I am calling upon Congress to pass a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by John Kerry and Richard Lugar that authorizes $1.5 billion..…