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28 Dec 2011

‘Former Taliban’ in the Afghan peace puzzle

For months, Burhanhuddin Rabbani, the elderly statesman charged by the Afghan president to explore peace talks with the Taliban, communicated with a man he thought was an emissary for the armed movement s senior leadership. Abdul Hakim Mujahed, Rabbani s deputy and the highest ranking "former member of Taliban" in the peace council, perceived as an important interlocutor in the talks, had not been consulted about the commutations.
For months, Burhanhuddin Rabbani, the elderly statesman charged by the Afghan president to explore peace talks with the...
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20 Sep 2011

Afghan Peace Council Chief Killed in Attack on His Home

The most prominent Afghan official trying to negotiate a reconciliation with the Taliban was assassinated Tuesday night by a suicide bomber with explosives tucked in his turban who had been brought to his home by a trusted emissary, officials said. The assassination was a potentially devastating blow to the Afghan-led peace process aimed at ending 10 years of war.
The most prominent Afghan official trying to negotiate a reconciliation with the Taliban was assassinated Tuesday night...
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5 Jul 2011

Cameron Future role possible for Taliban

British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that Afghanistan's Taliban - currently fighting against British troops and other international coalition forces - could play a future role in the government of the country.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that Afghanistan's Taliban - currently fighting against British troops and...
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23 Jun 2011

Dissonance: Obama Wants Peace Talks And Forever War in Afghanistan

President Obama firmly committed the U.S. to peace talks with the Taliban in Wednesday night’s big Afghanistan speech. His administration, meanwhile, is rowing in the opposite direction: negotiating deals with Hamid Karzai’s government that would keep drones and commandos in Afghanistan forever and ever. See if you can spot the tension there. For the first time, [...]
President Obama firmly committed the U.S. to peace talks with the Taliban in Wednesday night’s big Afghanistan speech....
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18 Jun 2011

Afghanistan’s Karzai US in peace talks with Taliban

The US is engaged in talks with the Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said, in the first high-level confirmation of US involvement. Mr Karzai said that "foreign military and especially the US itself" were involved in peace talks with the group.
The US is engaged in talks with the Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said, in the first high-level...
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23 Aug 2010

Pakistanis Tell of Motive in Taliban LeaderÂ’s Arrest

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - When American and Pakistani agents captured Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban s operational commander, in the chaotic port city of Karachi last January, both countries hailed the arrest as a breakthrough in their often difficult partnership in fighting terrorism. But the arrest of Mr. Baradar, the second-ranking Taliban leader after Mullah Muhammad Omar, came with a beguiling twist: both American and Pakistani officials claimed that Mr. Baradar s capture had been a lucky break. It was only days later, the officials said, that they finally figured out who they had. Now, seven months later, Pakistani officials are telling a very different story. They say they set out to capture Mr. Baradar, and used the C.I.A. to help them do it, because they wanted to shut down secret peace talks that Mr. Baradar had been conducting with the Afghan government that excluded Pakistan, the Taliban s longtime backer.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - When American and Pakistani agents captured Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban s operational...
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19 Jul 2010

Kabul set for historic international conference

Some 70 countries are set to attend a historic conference in the Afghan capital Kabul amid some of the deadliest violence of the war. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is among those due to join Tuesday's one-day talks on Afghanistan's future. They expect to hear President Hamid Karzai call for greater control over foreign aid for reconstruction. But Afghanistan's key foreign backers are also seeking assurances as they plan to withdraw troops.
Some 70 countries are set to attend a historic conference in the Afghan capital Kabul amid some of the deadliest...
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8 Jun 2010

Wali Karzai A Deal We Should Refuse by Kelley B. Vlahos

Known as the "King of Kandahar," Karzai has an iron grip on every political and commercial enterprise in southern Afghanistan. Though he vehemently denies much of it, numerous reports have him pegged as the godfather who lets nothing trucks carrying supplies, private security guards, property transactions, even opium shipments, and the secret police move until he gets a cut. He s been accused of taking over local law enforcement, stealing land for his cronies, stuffing ballot boxes for his brother, and disappearing his political enemies.
Known as the "King of Kandahar," Karzai has an iron grip on every political and commercial enterprise in southern...
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6 Jun 2010

Taliban fighters reject peace offer

Taliban fighters in the remote eastern Afghan province of Nuristan have rejected calls to hold peace talks with the government. Delegates at the recently concluded peace conference in Kabul - locally called a jirga - asked the government to hold talks with the Taliban.
Taliban fighters in the remote eastern Afghan province of Nuristan have rejected calls to hold peace talks with the...
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6 Jun 2010

Afghan officials resign over attack

Afghanistan's interior minister and the head of the intelligence service have resigned over Wednesday's attack on a peace conference. Hamid Karzai, the president of Afghanistan, accepted the resignations on Sunday.
Afghanistan's interior minister and the head of the intelligence service have resigned over Wednesday's attack on a...
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