Posted on 02/17/2010 8:44:16 PM PST by Nachum
KABUL -- The United States is monitoring reconciliation talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government but will not participate unless the insurgents renounce al-Qaida, a top U.S. diplomat said Wednesday.
The comments by Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, came the same day that a Maldives government spokesman said delegations representing the Taliban and the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai held talks late last month in the island nation.
Spokesman Mohamed Zuhair said the delegations held three days of face-to-face talks to forge a peaceful solution to the eight-year-old Afghan conflict. The talks did not involve a third party, and the Maldives government was not directly involved in organizing them, Zuhair said.
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So, we’re still at “bring us Bin Ladin” or we kill you. That’s good to hear.
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
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But they met with the Muslim Brotherhood last month didn’t they??
LOL How Bushesce
Say it ain’t so, Joe....uh, I mean Obama.
The only good islamist is a dead islamist.
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