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The New York Times BREAKING NEWS: Taliban Signal Readiness for Peace Talks (424 hits)

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 In a potentially groundbreaking move, the Taliban announced on Tuesday they were prepared to take the first step towards peace negotiations with the Afghanistan government after 12 years of war. The announcement came in Doha, the capital of Qatar, where negotiations have been underway for more than two years with a range of international participants to attempt start peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government. It would be the first time that the antagonists in the Afghanistan war have undertaken peace negotiations to end a conflict that has encumbered the United States since 2001, when American forces entered the country to rout Al Qaeda.

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Posted By: Jen Fad
Tuesday, June 18th 2013 at 1:39PM
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lol...wow! Might be a trap.
Tuesday, June 18th 2013 at 4:01PM
Earl Brown

how soon we forget----in 2001

when the USA Bush Administration asked the Taliban to extradite some People....

----RATHER than talking and negotiating as all Nations DO.............
----President BUSH went and bombed people with stealth bombers --on Donkeys --
----President BUSH went and bombed people with no central plumbing
----President BUSH went and bombed people with no electricity
----President BUSH went and Tortured people with a 3rd grade education

LOOKING for MEN who flew the most advanced JET LINERS DIRECTLY into the TWO biggest buildings in NYC.....and DC?

wow!

Tuesday, June 18th 2013 at 10:07PM
powell robert

@ Brother Rob,
I guess the Takiban hasn't forgotten as evidenced by today's headlines~Ha!

"Afghanistan Rejects Talks With Taliban and the U.S." KABUL, Afghanistan Less than 24 hours after the Taliban opened an office for peace talks in the Gulf emirate of Qatar, the Afghan government on Wednesday backed away from even starting discussions with its adversaries and broke off talks on future military cooperation with the United States.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/world/as...

Wednesday, June 19th 2013 at 10:35AM
Jen Fad