US to ramp up Afghanistan military operations after Trump says Taliban talks are dead
10 September 2019 - 10:18
Washington — US President Donald Trump has proclaimed talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders dead, while the general in charge said the US military is likely to ramp up operations in Afghanistan to counter an increase in Taliban attacks.
Trump scrapped talks with the Taliban planned for Camp David, Maryland, at the weekend after an American soldier was killed by a suicide bomber in the capital Kabul last week...
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