President Trump’s abrupt disclosure of plans to meet at Camp David with the Taliban and, separately, with Afghanistan’s president, Ashraf Ghani, drew unusual barbs from Republican lawmakers who traditionally support the president.
Did the Taliban ever intend to come to Camp David this weekend, as President Trump claimed?
“Never should leaders of a terrorist organization that has not renounced 9/11 and continues in evil be allowed in our great country. Never. Full stop,” agreed Rep. Adam Kinzinger , an Air Force veteran who served in Afghanistan. At the same time, Taliban fighters have continued to mount deadly attacks. In addition to two car bombs last week in Kabul, human rights groups blamed the Taliban for the killing of a human rights official who was found dead last week in Wardak province.
He suggested that the U.S. and its allies also had stepped up its attacks in recent days, however. “We’ve killed over a thousand Taliban in just the last 10 days,” he said.
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