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Afghanistan

Taliban: More Americans will die after secret Camp David talks canceled

2019-09-10

[NYPOST] The Taliban
Taliban

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on Sunday said that President Trump’s decision to call off a secret meeting that he had scheduled with the terror group’s leaders at Camp David "will lead to more losses to the US."

"Now that US President Trump has announced the suspension of negotiations with the Islamic Emirate, this would not harm anyone else but the Americans themselves," the Taliban said in a statement. "This will further harm their credibility and will show their anti-peace stance in more clear way."

Taliban front man Zabihullah Mujahid said that the US "anti-peace stance will be exposed to the world" and that "losses to lives and assets will increase" now that the talks with the terror leaders are off.

"This will lead to more losses to the US," Mujahid said.

The failed talks ‐ which were planned to take place at Camp David on Sunday ‐ were first announced by Trump in a tweet Saturday night and were then confirmed by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as being officially off.

"For the time being they are," Pompeo said on "Fox News Sunday."

Pompeo added that Zalmay Khalilzad, special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation at the State Department, had been ordered home in the wake of the decision. It comes following a suicide kaboom in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday that left a US Army sergeant dead.

Posted by:Fred

#6 Taliban: More Americans will die after secret Camp David talks canceled

Come on. We don't even flinch on the body count in Chicago or Baltimore.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-09-10 20:37

#5 I think it is not uncommon to blow the living hell out of an enemy as a cover for a retreat. Just saying i'd be up for a few rolling thunder runs around the taliban headquarters as we pull out.

And what 3dc said. Deny them the opium cash that we should have denied them a decade ago.

Posted by: ruprecht 2019-09-10 09:59

#4 Tactical retreat may be hooted and heckled by the enemy and your detractors, but it's the best thing to do right now. Trump hasn't yet mustered 'the bad' it'll take to win this.

A pull out and denial of Afghan territory to CIA officials will also have other advantages back home. I say that in light of this.

Posted by: Dron66046 2019-09-10 08:44

#3 Maybe a little napalm thrown in for good measure.

Posted by: Warthog 2019-09-10 08:13

#2 this would not harm anyone else but the Americans themselves

And a bazillion Taliban.

Posted by: gorb 2019-09-10 08:12

#1 So start a dramatic response. Spray fungus and virus designed for poppy eradication all over Afghanistan and Pakiwakiland.

Posted by: 3dc 2019-09-10 05:55

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