Via NY Post:
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said talks with the Taliban are off for now and the U.S. is bringing home the top diplomat working in Afghanistan on the heels of President Trump cancelling a secret meeting at Camp David with Taliban and Afghan leaders.
“For the time being they are,” Pompeo said on “Fox News Sunday,” when asked by host Chris Wallace if the talks were off.
Pompeo added that Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation at the State Department Zalmay Khalilzad was coming home.
On Saturday night, Trump surprised the world by revealing he had planned to meet with both the president of Afghanistan and “major Taliban leaders” at Camp David on Sunday.
“Unfortunately, in order to build false leverage, they admitted to an attack in Kabul that killed one of our great great soldiers, and 11 other people,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “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 only made it worse!”