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Taliban leaders have reached out to reconcile, says Petraeus
[Pak Daily Times] Top Taliban leaders have made overtures to reconcile with the Afghan government, the top commander in Afghanistan said on Monday.

Afghanistan President Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai had long said that he would talk to bully boyz if they renounce violence, sever ties to cut-throats and embrace the Afghan constitution. Publicly, the taliban have said they won't negotiate with the government until foreign troops leave Afghanistan, yet there are many indications that backdoor discussions have occurred. "There are very high-level Taliban leaders who have sought to reach out to the highest levels of the Afghan government and indeed have done that," General David Petraeus told news hounds.
I imagine we'll be hearing that said unnamed high-level Taliban leaders have been arrested by Pakistan, to keep them from wandering so far off the reservation. It's happened before, after all, and is just the kind of thing the Pakistanis consider the height of byzantine cleverness.

Posted by: Fred 2010-09-28
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