United States President Donald Trump on Saturday said that he canceled a secret weekend meeting at Camp David with Taliban and Afghanistan leaders. Donald Trump called off meeting after a bombing in past week in Kabul that killed 12 people. victims of bombing also included an American soldier. Ever since incident Trump has called off peace negotiations with insurgent group. In a series of tweets Trump anunced that he called of meeting.

Trump's tweet was surprising because it would mean that president was ready to host members of Taliban at presidential retreat in Maryland. This comes just days before anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. More than 2,400 U.S. troops have been killed since U.S. invaded Afghanistan to go after Taliban. Taliban was also harboring Al-Qaida leaders responsible for 9/11.

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Donald Trump calls off peace talks with Taliban

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Canceling talks also goes against Trump's pledge to withdraw remaining 13,000 to 14,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan and close U.S. involvement in conflict that is closing in on 18 years. Zalmay Khalilzad, Trump administration's diplomat talking to Taliban leaders for months, has said recently that he was on "threshold" of an agreement with Taliban aimed at ending America's longest war. President, however, has been under pressure from Afghan government and some lawmakers, including Trump supporter Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who mistrust Taliban and think it's too early to withdraw American forces.

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On Thursday, a Taliban car bomb exploded and killed an American soldier, a Romanian service member and 10 civilians in a busy diplomatic area near U.S. Embassy in Kabul. bombing was one of many attacks by Taliban in recent days during U.S.-Taliban talks. Defense Department says Sgt. 1st Class Elis A. Barreto Ortiz, 34, from Morovis, Puerto Rico, was killed in action when explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was fourth U.S. service member killed in past two weeks in Afghanistan.

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US-Taliban peace talks

It remains unclear if U.S.-Taliban talks are over or only paused. Trump said he called off peace negotiations after bombing. However, Khalilzad  U.S. envoy negotiating with Taliban was meeting with leaders of insurgent group in Doha, Qatar. meeting took place on Thursday and Friday. State Department and White House declined to respond to requests for clarification.

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