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| Afghanistan: Ex Taliban ambassador wont mediate |
| 2010-12-05 |
| [ADN Kronos] The Taliban's former ambassador to Pakistain "will not mediate any talks between the United States and the Taliban", he said on Friday in an interview with Arab-language satellite news channel al-Arabiya. Abdul Salam Zaif also said prior to the United States' invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, he warned Washington that American forces would have a quick victory but in the long run would lose if they stayed on as occupiers. "I said they would have won quickly but that they would lose if they decided to stay," he said. Before the terrorist attacks on 11 Sept. 2001, Zaif represented the Taliban during the US' failed efforts for Afghanistan to extradite Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. Zaeef was held at Guantanamo Bay. he lives in Kabul and denies involvement with the Taliban insurgency. |
| Posted by:Fred |