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After Trump says talks are 'dead', Taliban vows to fight on
The announcement followed Trump's dramatic cancellation of a top-secret plan to fly Taliban leaders in for direct talks.
Afghan peace talks with Taliban are 'dead': Donald Trump
Trump stunned the world on Saturday when he announced the cancellation of a secret meeting with Taliban and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
UN Chief: Islamic State remains resilient in Afghanistan
The U N chief said that between mid-June and early September 183 incidents were attributed to Islamic State fighters.
Trump’s tweets on calling off peace talks ‘unbelievable’: Taliban
Trump on Saturday announced that he was calling off the peace negotiations with the Taliban.
US, Afghanistan peace talks called off after Kabul attack
US has been negotiating with the Taliban at Doha despite the group's reluctance to hold direct talks with the Afghan government
Afghan accord: Still unclear if Taliban ready to contest polls
Among the Taliban’s negotiating team were also four former inmates of Guantanamo.
US holds talks with European allies on Afghan peace deal
Esper declined to talk about his meeting with Trump other than to say it covered a range of issues.
Afghanistan: 6 killed in explosion in Kunduz
The blast has come a day after 10 people were killed in an explosion in the city.
Taliban attack 2nd Afghan city as US envoy affirms closeness of deal
The attack Sunday comes a day after the Taliban attacked Kunduz, one of Afghanistan's largest cities and killed at least 16 people.
US, Taliban on 'threshold' of an agreement: Khalilzad
The agreement between the Taliban and the US is centred around the latter's promise to withdraw its troops from the war-torn country.