Pakistan urges US, Taliban to re-engage in talks.

ISLAMABAD -- Hours after the United States announced suspension of talks with Taliban for the Afghan peace process, Pakistan on Sunday urged both parties to re-engage in talks for lasting peace.

The Foreign Office (FO), in a statement, said, 'We have learnt about the cancellation of President Trump's meeting with the Taliban and Afghan Government representatives in Camp David. Pakistan has always condemned violence and called on all sides for restraint and commitment to pursue the process.'

FO said that Pakistan has been 'facilitating the peace and reconciliation process in good faith and as a shared responsibility, and has encouraged all sides to remain engaged with sincerity and patience'.

The statement further said that Pakistan will continue to monitor the developments.

'Pakistan reiterates its principled policy stance that there is no military solution to the conflict in Afghanistan and urges that both sides must re-engage to find negotiated peace from the ongoing political settlement process. Pakistan looks for optimised engagement following earliest resumption of talks,' FO concluded.

Earlier, US President Donald Trump said that he had called off a secret summit with the Taliban and Afghanistan's leader, abruptly slamming the door on a year of diplomacy to end America's longest war.

Trump said that the Taliban's persistent, grisly campaign of violence made them untrustworthy partners.

'Unbeknownst to almost everyone, the major Taliban leaders and, separately, the President of Afghanistan, were going to secretly meet with me at Camp David on Sunday,' Trump said in a tweet.

'Unfortunately, in order to build false leverage, they admitted to an attack in Kabul that killed one of our great great soldiers, and 11 other people. I immediately cancelled the meeting and called off peace negotiations.'

'What kind of people would kill so many in order to seemingly strengthen their bargaining position? They didn't, they only made it worse!' Trump said.

In response, the Afghan Taliban said the US 'will be harmed more than anyone' but left the door open for future negotiations.

'We still [...] believe that the American side will come back to this position [...] Our fight for the past 18 years should have proven to the...