"theew york mes" r rorts -- "trump m have caeled a a meeting that the key particantsts we not planning tottend." there aralso questions about the premise behind why the united states cacanceled the secretet meeting. trtrump blamed it on the recent killing of a u.s. soldier in afghanistan, but he made no reference to the m mass killings being carried out by u.s. forces. on sunday, secretary of state mike pompeo acknowledged that the united statetes had killed more than 1000 members of the taliban in the past 10 days just as the two sides were close to signing a peacace deal. .> there have been attacks in the last 10 days alone, killed over 1000 taliban. we been fighting and talking in a way that america often does not do. it is what has driven us to have the success of the negotiating table. amy: well, for more, we go now to kabul, afghanistan where we're joined by ali latifi, a freelance journalist. and in washington, d.c., we're joined by matthew hoh, a senior fellow with the center for international policy. in 2009, he resigned from the state department in protest against the obama a