The visit comes more than two months after Mr Trump broke off peace talks with the Taliban after a bombing in Kabul killed 12 people, including an American soldier
By: Dave Maclean| New York @geordiestory |
Donald Trump has arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced Thanksgiving Day visit, revealing that the US is back in talks with the Taliban and a ceasefire is possible.
He arrived at Bagram Air Base shortly after 8.30pm local time and spent more than two and a-half hours on the ground, at one point serving Thanksgiving food to military personnel.
The plans were kept under wraps for his own safety, and his public schedule had said he would be at Mar-a-Lago to host a videoconference call with troops. While in Afghanistan, Mr Trump said he hopes to bring the number of troops in Afghanistan down to 8,600 from the current 14,000.
He also met with Afghan president Ashraf Ghani, and said during their meeting: “The Taliban wants to make a deal, and we’re meeting with them and we’re saying it has to be a ceasefire, and they didn’t want to do a ceasefire, and now they do want to do a ceasefire. I believe it’ll probably work out that way.”
The visit comes more than two months after Mr Trump broke off peace talks with the Taliban after a bombing in Kabul killed 12 people, including an American soldier.
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