Good afternoon thanks for joining us this is r. T. And tonight. The u. S. And the taliban are poised to sign a peace deal which may bring washingtons longest war to an end the deal is expected to be negotiated on saturday or in the days to come what the u. S. Initially betrayed is a major success out step for president ial terms and hes killing more than looks back at the years of war. Back in 2003 u. S. Officials were telling a story of success when it came to afghanistan listen to Donald Rumsfeld were at a point where we clearly have moved from major combat to a period of stability and to blues asian and reconstruction activities the bulk of this country today is permissive and secure it is clear that that is the case by virtue of the fact that we see people returning to their country from all across the globe in large numbers but 17 years and 4 president ial terms later one of the great powers of military history is about to sign a peace deal with the taliban warlords theyve been fi