In the wake of the Taliban’s overthrow of Afghanistan’s government over the weekend, the Republican National Committee silently deleted a page from its website.
The page in question had touted what former President Donald Trump had referred to as a “historic peace agreement” with the group whose troubling ties to terrorism had resulted in their ouster from the control of the country two decades ago.
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The page, which once resided at GOP.com, now returns a 404 error but can still be accessed on sites that archive webpages.
“President Trump has continued to take the lead in peace talks as he signed a historic peace agreement with the Taliban in Afghanistan, which would end America’s longest-running war,” read the article before it was removed.
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As for the reasoning for the removal, an RNC spokesperson called it a “routine update to the website” in a response to the Washington Post.