discussions, because he was worried about the negotiations. he was told by folks like senator lindsey graham and national security advisor john bolton that there was too much trust being put in the taliban throughout this process. that's according to a source familiar with the matter. now, of course, they have put pause on what was going to be this meeting and potential continuation of u.s./taliban talks. and we do know that the u.s. felt pretty good about some of the conversations they were having with the taliban over the past month. two of those things that secretary pompeo highlighted today when he did a round of interviews on the sunday morning shows was the fact that the taliban had agreed to reduce violence in afghanistan, at least in part. we don't know exactly the commitment that they were making there. he also said that the taliban had agreed to break with al qaeda. now, when kd aboasked about tru the taliban, secretary pompeo