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Trump administration orders direct talks with Taliban in Afghanistan
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... has reportedly ordered its top diplomat to seek direct talks with the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... group in Afghanistan in a bid to help kick start Afghan negotiations. Sources privy of the development in U.S. and Afghanistan have told The New York Times  ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... that the Trump administration is considering a strategy shift to help the launch of a broader, formal negotiations to end the long war. No date has been set for the likely talks between the US and the Taliban group with the US State Department and the Taliban yet to formally comment regarding the latest developments. The officials have said the United States is willing to hold direct talks with the Taliban group in a bid to break the stalemate in Afghanistan. According to the Times, the shift to prioritize initial American talks with the Taliban over what has proved a futile "Afghan-led, Afghan-owned" process stems from a realization by both Afghan and American officials that President Trump's new Afghanistan strategy is not making a fundamental difference in rolling back Taliban gains. According to reports, the recent visits by the State Secretary Mike Pompeo and the top US diplomat Alice Wells to Afghanistan and Pakistain were aimed at laying the groundwork for the direct talks between Washington and Taliban. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-07-17 |
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