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Afghanistan
Pakistani military unlikely to close down Taliban, Haqqani operations: Khalilzad
2016-01-11
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Amid growing optimism regarding the revival of stalled Afghan peace talks with the mediation of Pakistain, former US diplomats have said it would be unlikely for the Pak military to close down the Taliban and Haqqani network operations and imprison Afghan myrmidon leaders willing to pursue violence.

"Pak military has never been willing to take the very steps most likely to advance the process, which are to close down Afghan Taliban and Haqqani network operations in Pakistain and imprison any of their leaders not actively negotiating peace with the government in 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....
," Zalmay Khalilzad, a former American ambassador to Afghanistan and U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations
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