Taliban vows to continue fight against US after Donald Trump rejects talks

Angry Afghan protesters burn tires and shout slogans at the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, on September 3 2019. Picture: REUTERS/OMAR SOBHANIThe Taliban vowed on Tuesday to continue fighting against US forces in Afghanistan after President Donald Trump said talks with the insurgents are “dead”, saying Washington will regret abandoning negotiations.

Driving another nail into the coffin of what had appeared to be nearly finalised negotiations, Trump said a US military onslaught on the guerrillas is at its fiercest level in a decade. Until this weekend, there had been steadily mounting expectations of a deal that would see the US decrease troop levels in Afghanistan.But then on Saturday, Trump revealed he had cancelled an unprecedented meeting between the Taliban and himself at Camp David.

Many in Washington were shocked and some were angry that the Taliban had been about to visit the presidential retreat on the eve of the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Despite a fiercely pro-Israeli foreign policy and the presence of hawks such as national security adviser John Bolton in his cabinet, he has so far resisted escalating the military stand-off with longtime foe Iran.

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