United States (US) President Donald Trump on September 7 said he called off peace negotiations with the Taliban after the group claimed responsibility for the Kabul car bombing which killed 12 people, including an American soldier, reports Bhaktar News Agency. In a series of tweets, Trump said he also cancelled a "secret meeting" with the Taliban representatives and a separate meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at Camp David on Sunday. "Unbeknownst to almost everyone, the major Taliban leaders and, separately, the President of Afghanistan, were going to secretly meet with me at Camp David on Sunday (September 8). They were coming to the United States tonight," he said. "Unfortunately, in order to build false leverage, they admitted to an attack in Kabul that killed one of our great-great soldiers, and 11 other people. I immediately cancelled the meeting and called off peace negotiations," Trump said in another tweet.
Meanwhile, Taliban has called United States (US) President Donald Trump’s decision for calling off peace talks as ‘surprising’, claiming that the call will surely harm his credibility, reports Khaama News Agency on September 8. Suhail Shaheen, a spokesman for the political office of Taliban in Doha said they finalized the agreement with Taliban few days ago. Shaheen further added that the leaders of the two teams handed over the draft agreement to Qatar. Furthermore, Shaheen said the leaders of both teams were satisfied with the draft agreement and it was decided that the authorities in Qatar will announce the deal.