Trump says peace deal with Taliban 'very close'

US and Taliban had 'negotiated a proposal' for a week-long reduction in violence. The two sides have long been engaged in negotiations aimed at ending the 18-year war in Afghanistan.

Washington: President Donald Trump has said that the United States is "very close" to a peace deal with the Taliban guerrillas in Afghanistan.

"I think we're very close. I think there's a good chance that we'll have a deal and we'll see," he told Geraldo Rivera's "Roadkill" radio show.

"That doesn't mean we'll have one but we'll know over the next two weeks," he said.