US President Donald Trump told visiting members of the UN Security Council on Monday the United States would no longer talk with the Taliban following the spate of recent attacks in Afghanistan, the New York Times reported. 

Trump railed against a series of "atrocities" in Afghanistan and said as a result the US would not engage in any future talks with the Taliban as the administration seeks to end a stalemate in America's longest war, the New York Times reported.

In this episode of Farakhabar, host Fawad Aman discusses the topic with the following guests:

• Political activist Maulana Farid

• Former governor of Ghazni province Musa Khan Akbarzada