Afghanistan: Trump ends negotiations with Taliban

Donald Trump announced Saturday night that he was putting an end to the Taliban's year-long "peace talks" to help end 18 years of conflict in Afghanistan, which seemed to be on the brink of a landmark deal. .

The President of the United States also revealed that he was to meet Sunday at Camp David, "separately" and in the "biggest" secret, the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and "the main leaders of the Taliban". "They were on their way to the United States tonight" but "I immediately canceled the meeting," he said on Twitter. "Unfortunately, to make an improper attempt to increase the pressure," the Taliban "have recognized an attack in Kabul that killed one of our big big soldiers, and eleven other people," he said to justify his decision. spectacular "to end the peace negotiations".

Unbeknownst to almost everyone, the major Taliban leaders, and the President of Afghanistan, were at Camp David on Sunday. They were coming to the United States tonight. Unfortunately, in order to build false leverage, they are admitted to ..

An attack in Kabul that killed one of our great great soldiers, and 11 other people. I immediately canceled the meeting and called off peace negotiations. What kind of people would kill so much in order to seemingly strengthen their bargaining position? They did not, they ....

The attack Thursday was the second in a few days in the Afghan capital claimed by the insurgents despite the "agreement in principle" that the US negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad claimed to have concluded with them in the Doha talks, and he went to present earlier this week to President Ghani. "Who are these people who kill so many people supposedly to raise the auction? They failed, they have only aggravated their position!" Donald Trump again launched on Twitter.

.... only made it worse! If they can not agree to a ceasefire during these very important peace talks, and would even kill 12 innocent people, then they probably do not have the power to negotiate a meaningful agreement anyway. How many more decades are they willing to fight?

"If they are unable to accept a ceasefire during these very important peace talks, and are able to kill twelve innocent people, then they probably do not have the means to negotiate a meaningful deal. for decades yet do they want to fight? ", concluded the Republican billionaire.

The Trump administration had initiated a year ago these direct and unprecedented negotiations with the Taliban they had expelled from power at the beginning of their intervention in Afghanistan in the wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001 perpetrated by al-Qaeda. An agreement was about to be reached to allow for the gradual withdrawal of 13,000 to 14,000 US troops in Afghanistan, in exchange for Taliban counterterrorist safeguards, a "reduction of violence" and the launch of direct peace negotiations with the Kabul authorities, to which the insurgents had so far always refused.