Pompeo doesn't rule out new Taliban talks

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday did not rule out reopening talks with the Taliban if they make a 'significant commitment,' after ...

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday did not rule out reopening talks with the Taliban if they make a"significant commitment," after President Donald Trump cancelled a secret meeting with their leaders at his Camp David retreat.

Trump, in a Saturday evening bombshell, said he had invited Taliban leaders and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to meet him Sunday at Camp David, the presidential retreat outside Washington.

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