September 11, 2019

Trump's cancelled peace talks with the Taliban

By Christopher D. Kolenda

Christopher D. Kolenda is a retired US army colonel, and a veteran of the Afghan war. He also played a key role in facilitating peace talks with the Taliban. He tells Deutsche Welle's Brent Goff that President Donald Trump's invitation to the Taliban to attend talks in the US was premature, but he says although the door to those talks in now shut, it isn't locked.

Watch the full conversation and more on Deutsche Welle.

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