KABUL (Reuters) - President Ashraf Ghani’s office on Sunday said real peace in Afghanistan was only possible when the Taliban stopped their violence and held direct talks with the government.U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday canceled peace talks with the Taliban’s "major leaders" at a presidential compound in Camp David, Maryland after the insurgent group claimed responsibility for an attack in Kabul last week that killed an American soldier and 11 other people.
Taliban fighters, who now control more territory than at any time since the war started in 2001, launched assaults on the northern cities of Kunduz and Pul-e Khumri over the past week and carried out two major suicide bombings in the capital Kabul.
"Real peace will come when Taliban agree to a ceasefire," Ghani’s officials said in statement in response to Trump’s cancellation of secret peace talks