أعلن الرئيس الأميركي دونالد ترمب، إنه قرر إلغاء مفاوضات السلام مع زعماء حركة طالبان بعد اعترافهم بشن هجوم في العاصمة الأفغانية كابل، الذي تسبب في مقتل أبرياء.
جاء ذلك في سلسلة تغريدات على حسابه عبر "تويتر"، الأحد، قال فيها: "إذا لم يكن باستطاعة طالبان وقف إطلاق النار خلال محادثات السلام، فربما لا يكون لديهم القوة للتفاوض على اتفاق مجددا".
وأضاف ترمب انه الغى اجتماعا سريا كان مقررا اليوم في كامب ديفيد مع حركة طالبان على حد تعبيره.
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