NEW YORK CITY: President Donald Trump pledged to hit the Taliban “harder” than ever as America on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) marked the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that led the country into war in Afghanistan.

Trump’s remarks came after he aborted what would have been a historic Afghanistan peace summit, and as relatives remembered the victims of the deadliest terror attacks on US soil at ceremonies in New York and Washington.

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