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
Daily Mail: Trump invited the TALIBAN to Camp David just days before 9/11 anniversary - but canceled the meeting after they admitted to recent Kabul attack that killed a US soldier and 11 others
* Trump said Taliban leaders and the President of Afghanistan were going to secretly meet with him at Camp David on Sunday
* President said he canceled the meetings and has 'called off peace negotiations' after the Taliban admitted to the Kabul attack in order to build false leverage
* Trump said they have only made their bargaining position worse and claimed 'they probably don't have power to negotiate a meaningful agreement anyway'
* Sgt. 1st Class Elis A. Barreto Ortiz, 34, from Morovis, Puerto Rico was killed Thursday when a Taliban suicide car bomb detonated in Kabul
* The detonation also killed a Romanian NATO service member and 10 civilians
* It is the second major attack this week and comes as a U.S.-Taliban deal to remove troops is being worked out
* On Friday, the U.S. envoy negotiating with the Taliban abruptly returned to Qatar for unexpected talks with the insurgents on the deal
* It was announced without explanation that Afghanistan President Ghani had cancelled his US trip
President Donald Trump on Saturday tweeted that he had invited Afghanistan's Taliban leaders to secretly meet with him at Camp David on Sunday, but canceled the visit after the insurgent group said it was behind a recent attack in Kabul that killed an American soldier and 11 other people.
Had the meeting gone ahead, it would have come just days before the annual commemoration of the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, carried out by Al Qaeda while they were sheltering under the protection of the Taliban.
A suicide blast car bomb killed Sgt. 1st Class Elis Angel Barreto Ortiz of Morovis, Puerto Rico, a Romanian service member and at least 10 civilians near the headquarters of Afghanistan's international military force and the American embassy on Thursday.
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President Donald Trump calls off US peace talks with Taliban -- DW
Donald Trump says he was due to host Taliban at Camp David -- The Guardian
Trump says he 'called off' peace talks with Taliban over attack -- Al Jazeera
Trump Says Secret Meeting With Taliban, Afghan Leaders in U.S. on Sunday Cancelled -- Newsweek
Trump Calls Off Peace Negotiations With Taliban -- TOLO News
