The Afghanistan situation posts the cancelling of peace talks between the US and Taliban. The US President Donald Trump tweeted that he had cancelled meetings planned for September 8 with Taliban leaders and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Afghanistan. The immediate reason he cited was a Taliban attack in Kabul that had killed 12 people, including an American soldier. Afghanistan has been ravaged by war since 2001 when a US-led coalition overthrew the Taliban. Taliban have demanded a complete withdrawal of foreign troops. Since October 2018, Taliban representatives and US officials have been meeting in Doha, Qatar trying to thrash out a peace treaty. Many security analysts in Afghanistan and elsewhere had criticised the US-Taliban talks as it had kept the Afghanistan government out. Many believe that the talks would legitimise the Taliban.