Američki predsjednik Donald Trump otkazao je planirane mirovne pregovore s talibanima, objavio je u subotu na svom Twitter profilu.
Trump je napisao kako su tajni, odvojeni sastanci s talibanskim čelnicima i afganistanskim predsjednikom Ashrafom Ghanijem trebali biti održani u nedjelju u Camp Davidu, no da su otkazani.
Američki predsjednik je kao razlog naveo to što su talibani priznali da stoje iza napada u Kabulu u kojoj je ubijen jedan američki vojnik, uz 11 drugih ljudi.
"Odmah sam otkazao susret i mirovne pregovore", napisao je Trump.
"Kakvi su to ljudi koji bi toliko ubijali da bi naizgled ojačali svoju pregovaračku poziciju?", upitao se.
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. They were coming to the United States tonight. Unfortunately, in order to build false leverage, they admitted to..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 7, 2019
....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. What kind of people would kill so many in order to seemingly strengthen their bargaining position? They didn’t, they....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 7, 2019
....only made it worse! If they cannot agree to a ceasefire during these very important peace talks, and would even kill 12 innocent people, then they probably don’t have the power to negotiate a meaningful agreement anyway. How many more decades are they willing to fight?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 7, 2019
U četvrtak su u Kabulu, u napadu automobilom bombom u blizini NATO-ovog sjedišta, ubijena dva vojnika iz tog saveza, Amerikanac i Rumunj. Sveukupno je ubijeno 12 ljudi.