Taliban Talks

Pakistan Tempers Expectations On Taliban Peace Hopes

AP | SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 04.18.2012

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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan told Afghanistan on Friday it was "preposterous" to think Islamabad could deliver the Taliban's leader to the negotiating t...

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U.S.-Taliban Talks 'Exploratory'

Reuters | Posted 04.17.2012

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By Serena Chaudhry ISLAMABAD, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban and the United States have made only exploratory contacts for pos...

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A Delicate and Dangerous New U.S. Mission: Talk To The Afghan Taliban

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 02.16.2012

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FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- The paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne's 4th Brigade, deploying to Afghanistan later this month, are headed into a unique and delic...

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Is Peace With the Taliban Possible?

Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 03.14.2012

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Taliban peace talks are riddled with challenges: the Taliban has sought the release of at least five senior Taliban leaders from the Guantanamo Bay prison and poor Afghan governance continues to undermine a lasting solution.

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Afghan Minorities Cautiously Support Taliban Peace Talks

AP | MASSIEH NESHAT | Posted 03.14.2012

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Prominent Afghan opposition leaders said Friday that they support possible U.S.-brokered peace negotiations with Taliban mi...

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Taliban: Peace Talks Will Bring No End To Fighting

AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 03.13.2012

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban's political wing is ready to enter peace talks to end the war in Afghanistan, but the insurgents will in the me...

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Frustarted By Taliban Talks, Afghanistan Leaders Turn To Unlikely Ally

AP | RAHIM FAIEZ and DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 12.02.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan government urged neighboring Pakistan on Sunday to take concrete steps to help end the Taliban insurgency and us...

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Afghan President: Talks With Taliban Are Useless

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 12.01.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai has given up trying to talk to the Taliban, saying in a video released Saturday that Pakistan holds ...

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Ex-British Ambassador To Afghanistan: U.S. Must Negotiate With Taliban

Los Angeles Times | Posted 08.19.2011

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From 2007 to 2010, Sherard Cowper-Coles served as Britain's ambassador and special representative to Afghanistan, giving him an inside view of the str...

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U.S. Trolling For Taliban To Open Talks

AP | KATHY GANNON | Posted 08.01.2011

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After 10 years of bloody battle in Afghanistan, the United States is trolling for Taliban officials to talk peace with bef...

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Talking to the Taliban: The Fog of Peace

Michael Brenner | Posted 05.25.2011

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The President made diplomacy the theme of the national security strategy he laid out at West Point last month. But a brave new world grounded in multilateralism is still on the far horizon.

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Talibanopalooza in Pakistan

Saad Khan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Many factions of the Taliban now harbor strong anti-Pakistan stance and then there are others that yearn for an Islamic revolution in Pakistan.

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Taliban Leaders Discuss Secret Talks Between Insurgents, Afghan Govt (VIDEO)

Global Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Charles M. Sennott With Video By Seamus Murphy | GlobalPost Two former high-ranking officials of the now-deposed Taliban government discuss secr...

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US, UK Prepared To Open Talks With Taliban: Guardian

The Guardian | Richard Norton | Posted 05.25.2011

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A concerted effort to start unprecedented talks between Taliban and British and American envoys was outlined yesterday in a significant change in tact...

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Taliban Leaders Report Progress In Secret Talks With The US, Afghanistan

GlobalPost | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL -- Moderate leaders of the Taliban say they have quietly and steadily made progress in third-party talks between the active Taliban insurgency a...

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