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Afghanistan
Turkey considers Afghan peace role
2011-04-12
[Arab News] Turkey says it is willing to consider the idea of hosting a political office for Talibs from Afghanistan in order to promote talks to end the war there.

But a Turkish Foreign Ministry official said Monday there was no official application to open a Taliban office in Turkey and that there were no immediate plans to host Afghan peace talks. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in line with ministry regulations.
Probably just as well. Look at how they handled the indirect Israel-Syria peace talks.
Arsala Rahmani, a member of the council set up by the Afghan government to work toward a political solution to the insurgency, says Turkey is making plans for the office but it will take time to work out.

Pak President Asif Ali President Ten Percent Zardari
... sticky-fingered husband of the late Benazir Bhutto ...
 is scheduled to arrive in Turkey late Monday, and Afghanistan is expected to be high on the agenda of talks.
Posted by:Fred

#3  "Achmed Addams, the 'Firebug of the Bosporus'!"
Posted by: mojo   2011-04-12 11:38  

#2  Maybe Johnny Turk should consider a Pakistani peace role, sending troops to occupy the restive parts of the country the central government can't seem to get control over.

I'm sure they would be able to persuade the Taliban to join them in the 19th Century.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-04-12 10:09  

#1  *** cough *** YOUNG BENAZIR BHUTTO ON GUAM *** cough *** ....

versus

* WAFF > [Chechnya]TURKISH ISLAMIC JIHADIS VOLUNTEER, to fight agz Russia in Chechnya + Caucasus.

RUSSIAN ALLEGATIONS = EVIDENCE OF TURKIC ISLAMIST MILTERR INVOLVEMENT not refuted either by Chechen or Turkic Jihadists.

* Also from WAFF > ARE KOREANS + JAPANESE PART OF [ancient] TURKIC PEOPLES - YES!, thanks to DNA Analysis.

Turko Tartaric Mongol-Chinese whose waves of landlubber mass migrations ended up in offshore ancient future Nippon???

KEMAL ATATURK + TAROS BULBA IS AS JAPANESE AS GENGHIS KHAN + GERONIMO, ETAL.

* TOPIX > MEDEVEDEV WARNS CHECHNYA REBELS: SURRENDER OR BE DESTROYED.

[DARTH VADER = "He will Join us, or Die"! here].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-04-12 01:11  

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