The US and the Afghan Taliban have made "significant progress" in talks aimed at ending the 17-year-old conflict in Afghanistan, the US envoy has said. In a series of tweets, Zalmay Khalilzad did not give details but said the unprecedented six days of talks in Qatar were "more productive than they have been in the past". He said he was on his way to Kabul to consult Afghan government officials. Earlier, Taliban sources said the two sides had finalised a draft agreement. The deal calls for a withdrawal of foreign forces in return for assurances that al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (IS) group will not be allowed to use Afghanistan as a base, the sources said. Mr Khalilzad said talks with the Taliban would continue and that nothing had been finalised. Skip Twitter post by @US4AfghanPeace Report End of Twitter post by @US4AfghanPeace The Taliban has so far refused to hold direct talks with Afghan officials, whom they dismiss as "puppets". They ...
Alice Marie Johnson got released from prison upon Kim kardashian meeting with trump
Donald Trump listened to Kim Kardashian and has granted Alice Marie Johnson clemency. The grandmother was serving life in prison for a first-time drug offense, but now she will walk free.
Kim Kardashian‘s fight to free Alice Marie Johnson from prison is over! President Donald Trump has signed off on June 6 on freeing the 63-year-old great-grandmother from Aliceville Correctional Facility in Alabama, and she is expected to be released soon. She will be heading straight home with family. No other details about the situation have been revealed at this time
Trump’s decision to commute Alice’s sentence comes just one week after Kim headed to the White House to discuss prison reform, as well as Alice’s case. The case gained national attention after Kim tweeted about it last summer. She has been working behind the scenes for months to help free Alice with her attorney, Shawn Holley, Ivanka Trump, and Jared Kushner.
Kim immediately tweeted “BEST NEWS EVER!!!!” when she heard about the miracle. Alice has been in prison since 1997 after receiving a life sentence plus 25 years without parole for money laundering and drug conspiracy charges — her first offense. Many believed that the life sentence was entirely too harsh, especially for a nonviolent offender. Alice was convicted for her role in facilitating a cocaine trafficking operation in Memphis, Tennessee. She was sentenced after her co-conspirators testified against her in court, according to Mic.