AFP, BAGRAM, AfghanistanUS President Donald Trump on Thursday said that the US had resumed talks with Taliban insurgents as he made a surprise trip to Afghanistan to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with US troops. “The Taliban wants to make a deal and we’re meeting with them and we’re saying it has to be a ceasefire,” he told reporters. About 13,000 US troops remain in Afghanistan, 18 years after the US invaded following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Trump said that he planned to reduce the number to 8,600, and later added: “We can go much further than that,” without giving details. Trump joked that he had not even tasted his turkey when he was called away.
