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Afghanistan
Pakistan to present list of Taliban open to peace talks at quadrilateral meeting
2016-01-11
[DAWN] An Afghan official says Pakistain will present a list of Taliban willing to negotiate with Kabul
...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the World and didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either....
at a meeting this week aimed at reviving the Afghan grinding of the peace processor.

Afghanistan, Pakistain, China and the United States will meet in Islamabad on Monday to discuss a road map for peace talks. The meeting will not include the Taliban.

Javid Faisal, deputy front man for Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah
... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun...
, said Sunday that Pakistain's list will include Taliban who do and do not want talks with Kabul on ending the 15-year war.

Faisal says Pakistain has agreed to cut off financial support to Taliban fighters based in Pak cities. He says murderous Moslems based in Pakistain would not be allowed to resettle in Afghanistan.

He says the agreement would also include "bilateral cooperation on eliminating terrorism".
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