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U.S. peace talks with the Taliban are now \u201cdead,\u201d President Donald Trump declared Monday, one day after he abruptly canceled a secret meeting he had arranged with Taliban and Afghan leaders aimed at ending America\u2019s longest war.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s remark to reporters at the White House suggested he sees no point in resuming a nearly yearlong effort to reach a political settlement with the Taliban, whose protection of al-Qaida extremists in Afghanistan prompted the U.S. to invade after the 9\/11 attacks.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re dead as far as I\u2019m concerned,\u201d Trump said when asked about the proposed talks with Taliban leaders.<\/p>\n
Trump spoke to reporters as he left the White House, after he canceled a meeting scheduled with the Taliban at Camp David for Sunday.<\/p>\n
The president called the Taliban attacks \u201ca big mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said that the United States had escalated attacks against the Taliban in response to the terrorist attack that killed 12 people as well as one U.S. soldier and one Romanian solder in Kabul.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve hit the Taliban harder in the last four days than they\u2019ve been hit in over ten years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Trump said that meeting with Taliban leaders was his idea and that it was his idea to terminate the meeting after learning about them claiming responsibility for the attacks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Anyone think peace talks with the Taliban would bear fruit? Yeah, me neither. Read the rest of the article here: Breitbart<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"