January 29, 2021 The Trump administration began a negotiated peace process with the Taliban and the Afghan government. The Biden administration should continue the peace process but send a different signal about the United States’ long-term commitment to a stable outcome. The new administration has a key NATO meeting in February that will signal its intentions about how quickly, how many, and under what conditions the remaining U.S. troops will be drawn down. The Trump administration’s erratic and too rapid draw down in the last year weakened the hand of our diplomats and Afghan partners. It also left allies who have lost troops in Afghanistan and shared the burden with us wondering about U.S. reliability.