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Taliban Signals Readiness For Peace Talks by Friedrich080(m): 8:36am On Jun 19, 2013 |
[img][/img]The Taliban is willing to consider peace talks with the Afghan state following secret discussions, a senior Afghan official said Tuesday, in what may be the first significant step towards an end to the long-running war, Reuters reported. "Peace talks will certainly take place between the Taliban and the High Peace Council," said the senior official, referring to the body created by Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, in 2010 to broker peace with the insurgency. The Taliban has until now said it would not countenance peace talks with the Karzai government, it calls a "stooge" of the United States and other Western nations. The peace talks, if they go ahead, could also lead to a reduction in fighting across Afghanistan, the official said. "We hope that the attacks carried out by the Taliban in Afghanistan will reduce while we talk peace; there is no point in talking if the bombs continue to kill civilians," he said. The announcement came on the same day that the Taliban opened their long-delayed office in the Qatari capital of Doha. Taliban official Mohammed Naeem announced the opening of the office in a press conference in Doha. In a move that may anger the Afghan government, the white Taliban flag was at his side, and a large sign behind him proclaimed the office of the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan", the name the Taliban used during their brief national rule in the 1990s. Both events may have been timed to coincide with a ceremony yesterday to mark the beginning of the final phase of security transition from the U.S.-led coalition to the Afghan state. source: http://www.herbeytv.com/taliban-signals-readiness-for-peace-talks/
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