US Begins Partial Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan (Updated)

ABC News: US starts to withdraw troops from Afghanistan as peace negotiations face 1st delay, violence hits presidential inauguration

Despite US efforts, Afghans still don't have a delegation to meet the Taliban.

The U.S. has started to withdraw troops from Afghanistan in compliance with its agreement with the Taliban, even as the peace process initiated by that deal faces its first delay and renewed violence across the country.

Negotiations between the Taliban and other Afghans, including government officials, were scheduled to start Tuesday, but will not happen yet. They have so far been bogged down by political fighting among Afghan officials over who will be part of the Afghan delegation amid a dispute over the results of last fall's presidential election. But they've also been stuck over the deal's call for releasing thousands of Taliban prisoners, with President Ashraf Ghani refusing to do so and the militant group saying it must happen first.

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