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Taliban to attend Paris meeting on Afghanistan

Source: Utah Daily Herald, Dec 10 2012, 11:19am CST

The Taliban will attend a meeting in France to talk about Afghanistan's future but will not discuss peace and reconciliation, the militant group's spokesman said Monday. The meeting, organized by a French think tank on the outskirts ...

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Kerry calls Karzai over Taliban office issue

Source: MSN India  |   Jun 19 2013, 9:15pm CDT

Kabul, June 20 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry called up Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a bid to defuse tensions over opening of a Taliban office in Qatar, an Afghan spokesperson said Wednesday. Washin ...

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24 minutes ago

Karzai vows to boycott peace talks with Taliban

Source: Herald Scotland  |   Jun 19 2013, 9:10pm CDT

We moderate all comments on HeraldScotland on either a pre-moderated or post-moderated basis. If you're a relatively new user then your comments will be reviewed before publication and if we know you well the ...

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27 weeks ago


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"There will be people from the government side, from Hezb-e-Islami and the Taliban ... We are going to talk about the peace process and all sides will be there. We will also talk about the elections and the situation in Afghanistan."


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37 minutes ago

Nameplate to blame for halt in Afghan-Taliban talks

Source: CBS News  |   Jun 19 2013, 8:57pm CDT

Secretary of State John Kerry personally pleaded with Hamid Karzai to keep alive the possibility of peace talks with the Taliban. Over the course of two phone calls with the Afghan president, Kerry reportedly gave assuranc ...

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Kingsbury: no peace with honour in Afghanistan

Source: Crikey  |   Jun 19 2013, 8:50pm CDT

There might not be a way for the US to “win” the war in Afghanistan. It also might not be able to achieve a Vietnam-style “peace with honour” defeat. When a war does not have a defined objective that can be equated with vic ...

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Kerry, Karzai Talk Over Taliban Flap

Source: Radio Free Europe  |   Jun 19 2013, 8:43pm CDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has spoken by telephone with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a bid to defuse a row that threatens to scuttle renewed peace talks with the Taliban. Karzai on June 19 threatened to boycott U.S.-direc ...

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53 minutes ago

Window of opportunity from Taliban talks

Source: BBC News  |   Jun 19 2013, 8:41pm CDT

19 June 2013 Last updated at 21:41 ET Tuesday's ceremony at the Taliban's new office came after months of negotiations After years of secret talks, an historic breakthrough in talks with the Afghan Taliban almost came unstuck over a flag and a ...

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Talks with Taliban in jeopardy after Karzai balks

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune  |   Jun 19 2013, 8:41pm CDT

KABUL, afghanistan – Underscoring Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s reputation in Washington as a mercurial U.S. ally, the Karzai administration suspended security talks with the United States on Wednesday, apparently witho ...

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Obama's 'peace at any cost' talks with Taliban may recoil on India

Source: Firstpost  |   Jun 19 2013, 8:03pm CDT

Early in 2011, Hillary Clinton addressed iron words to Afghanistan's Taliban leadership at a convention in New York, telling the men who enabled 9/11 exactly what they needed to do to bring "an end to the military actions that are targeting ...

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Afghanistan Cancels Security Talks With United States

Source: Hawaii Reporter  |   Jun 19 2013, 7:56pm CDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen following a security handover ceremony at a military academy outside Kabul, Afghanistan, June 18, 2013. ...

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