Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai urges US to resume peace talks

On September 19, the Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged the United States to start the peace talks with the Taliban again. While speaking to a local news agency Karzai said, "Today I am calling on the US government to resume the peace talks with the Taliban and we want the peace talks to be transparent,". Hamid Karzai also urged the Taliban to initiate the peace talks with the Afghan government along with America. The US President Donald Trump on September 8, aborted the peace deal with the Taliban after it took responsibility for the Kabul car bomb blast that killed many people including an American soldier. Taliban's suicide bomb attack on Kabul made Trump opt-out of any peace deals with the Taliban saying that the militant organization has no power for negotiation. READ: 9/11 Anniversary: US Prez Warns Taliban, Says 'we'll Hit You Harder' Karzai 'in the strongest terms' condemned attacks by Taliban Karzai on September 17 'in the strongest terms' condemned the attacks by Taliban on Kabul and Parwan. The blasts initially targetted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's election rally in Parwan and the US Embassy located in Kabul. Over 48 people died in the attacks and more than double of it were injured. After a day of the motorbike suicide attack in the central Afghan province of Parwan, there was an attack on the Afghan capital targetting American embassy. The attack during the beginning of September came when the US envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad was in Kabul in order to give the Afghan Government details of the negotiation between the US and Taliban. READ: UN Chief Condemns Afghan Blasts, Says All Have The Right To Live Trump warned Taliban earlier this month The US President on September 14 said that it was not a good idea by Taliban to bomb the Afghanistan capital earlier this month. He tweeted, "The Taliban has never been hit harder than it is being hit right now. Killing 12 people, including one great American soldier, was not a good idea. There are much better ways to set up a negotiation. The Taliban knows they made a big mistake, and they have no idea how to recover!". On the 18th anniversary of the deadly 9/11 terror attacks on the US, President Trump warned the Taliban of severe consequences. Trump said that the US will hit the Taliban harder than ever if they ever try to mess with America. READ: Afghanistan: Suicide Bomber Detonates Himself Inside A Govt Building READ: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's Rally Bombed In Parwan, 24 Killed (With inputs from ANI)

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Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai urges US to resume peace talks

On September 19, the Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged the United States to start the peace talks with the Taliban again after it attacked Afghanistan.

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