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President of the United States, Donald Trump, said he had canceled a secret meeting with the Taliban in the United States.
The leaders were to meet at Camp David on Sunday.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the talks with the Taliban were now "dead at the moment" and that the special envoy was being recalled. Meetings between the envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad and the Taliban had been taking place in Qatar for almost a year.
The Taliban issued a statement in response, saying that "Americans will suffer more than anyone" because of Trump's decision to cancel the talks.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's office said peace would only be possible if the Taliban stopped launching attacks and held direct talks with the government.
Rob Reynolds of Al Jazeera has more Washington DC and Tony Birtley reports from Kabul.
David Sedney, Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and former US Under Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia, also speaks with Al Jazeera of 39, evolution of the situation.
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