Mujib Mashal and Lara Jakes, NYT

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Pompeo cuts $1 billion in Afghan aid

Move comes after failure to mediate between rivals Gani and Abdullah

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Gani speaks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) during their meeting in Kabul. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in the Afghan capital on March 23 amid an ongoing political crisis, a raging Taliban insurgency and rising coronavirus cases - all of which further threaten an already-floundering peace process.

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