The United States Defense Secretary Mark Esper on May 4 said that the Taliban was not living up to their commitments under an agreement signed this year, reports Tolo News. “I don’t think they are,” Esper told reporters when asked if the Taliban were living up to their commitment. He added that he believed the Afghan government was also not living up to its commitment. The Afghan Government was not part of an agreement between the United States and the Taliban. Esper said the Afghan Government and the Taliban “both need to come together and make progress on the terms that (are) laid out.”