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Donald Trump announced the suspension of negotiations with the Taliban. The United States and the armed group had been in contact for months to find a peace agreement. The US president also announced that he was scheduled to meet on Sunday with Taliban and Afghan officials on US soil.
The meetings were scheduled for Sunday, secretly at Camp David, reports our correspondent in New York, Loubna Anaki. First, between the US president and his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani. Then between Donald Trump and the Taliban negotiators. The Americans hoped to succeed in putting the two parties around the same table.
Receiving Taliban officials on American soil would have been a first and a major development since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan, 18 years ago. But Thursday's attack in Kabul , claimed by the armed group and which claimed the lives of 12 people including a US soldier changed everything for Donald Trump. The American president decided to cancel everything and it is on Tweeter that he once again announced everything.
" If they can not respect a ceasefire during these important discussions," he writes, " If they are ready to kill 12 innocent people, then they probably do not have the authority to negotiate a major deal. Donald Trump continues.
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 ..
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 7, 2019The US president has also decided to suspend all peace negotiations in progress. While the US administration hinted recently that an agreement was imminent.
It is difficult to know at this moment whether this decision puts an end to all the measures planned until then. A month ago, Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of thousands of troops from Afghanistan by the end of next year.
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