Afghan Taliban sends warning to Trump in bitter exchange – World

The word war between the Taliban and the president of the United States, Donald Trump, intensified on Thursday when Afghan militants warned that the US leader had not understood "what kind of nation he is dealing with."

The last save in the bitter exchange comes a day after Trump boasted during an anniversary ceremony on September 11 that US forces "hit our enemy harder than they had before and that will continue" alone days after the peace talks between the two sides. collapsed

"Trump (@realDonaldTrump) must tread carefully," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid tweeted. “He still has to understand the type of nation he is dealing with. Your advisors should make you understand and present the Cemetery of Empires # Afghanistan.

Explanatory: How Trump altered the peace talks between the United States and the Taliban

Until this weekend, there had been growing expectations of an agreement that would see the United States reduce troop levels in Afghanistan.

In return, the Taliban would offer security guarantees to keep extremist groups away. But then, on Saturday, Trump revealed on Twitter that he had canceled an unprecedented meeting between the Taliban and himself at Camp David and then said the talks with the militants were "dead."

The Taliban spokesman's tweet comes only a few hours after the group launched a suicide attack that killed at least four soldiers near Kabul, while insurgents step up attacks against security forces.

The incident occurred at a special forces base in the district of Char Asiab, south of the capital Kabul, where an insurgent driving a car full of explosives detonated near the entrance of the facility.

"Four soldiers were killed and three were injured," Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said.

Afghan special forces, which total about 17,000, represent a small fraction of the 300,000 strong Afghan armed forces, but have carried out most of the offensive operations in Afghanistan in recent years.

As fear of further violence skyrocketed with presidential elections approaching later this month, Afghan troops and Taliban insurgents have engaged in intense exchanges across the country, and several districts controlled by militants in the North end fell before government forces.

However, the Taliban continue to attack Afghan facilities at will after the militants cast their own vote earlier this week to continue fighting and make the United States regret moving away from the talks.