Afghanistan, Sept. 21 -- President Donald Trump has said that the Taliban leaders have admitted they made a big mistake amid peace talks to end the conflict in Afghanistan.

Responding to a question regarding his intention to bring peace to Afghanistan, President Trump said "Yeah, well, we were thinking about having a meeting. I didn't like the idea that they couldn't produce a ceasefire. I wasn't in favor of that."

Trump further added " I said, "No. If they can't produce a ceasefire, then why are we bothering?" And they thought that it was a sign of strength to kill 12 people, wound others - badly wound some others."

He also added "We have hit - in Afghanistan, we have hit the Taliban harder than they've ever been hit in the entire 19 ...