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Trump makes surprise Afghanistan trip, voices hope for ceasefire

US President Donald Trump serves US troops food at a Thanksgiving dinner event during a surprise visit at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan November 28, 2019. [Reuters]

President Donald Trump made a surprise Thanksgiving visit to US troops in Afghanistan on Thursday and said he believed Taliban insurgents would agree to a ceasefire in America’s longest war.

Trump’s visit was his first to Afghanistan since becoming president and came a week after a prisoner swap between Washington and Kabul that has raised hopes for a long-elusive peace deal.

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