year and many of them claimed by the taliban. it was a little bit more high p profile. this led many many the afghan government to call for a suspension or pause to some of these peace negotiations. officials are telling cnn this, the decision to call off this round of talks in camp david was made by the white house and the state department not by the afghan government despite these asking for these talks to be called off. it's not clear whether the talks are permanently called off or whether the suspension will continue. officials planning for potential future meetings. where these talks are right now is not entirely clear. >> what do you make of the reason president trump is giving publicly for cancelling this secret camp david meeting pinning it on the death of a u.s. soldier this week? >> the explanation doesn't compute. it doesn't compute for the