10 things you need to know today: September 8, 2019

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1. Trump reportedly called off secret meeting with Taliban

President Trump said Saturday that he canceled secret meetings with Taliban leaders and, separately, Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani that were apparently scheduled for Sunday at Camp David. The president called off the talks after the Taliban claimed responsibility for a recent attack in Afghanistan in which a U.S. solider was killed. The attack also prompted Trump to call off peace negotiations with the Taliban altogether. The peace talks between the U.S. and the Taliban had reportedly been progressing toward a "framework agreement," but the Taliban has refused to agree to a ceasefire while they are ongoing. The possibility of an agreement between the two sides, which would have ended with the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, no longer seems as likely, though there reportedly remains a chance they can be revived.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.