Sunday, January 29, 2012

Afghanistan peace talks

  • need a sincere effort of our neighbouring country toward peace negotiations, Mosazai said.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • The comments suggested that the Taliban, who have not publicly said they would engage in peace talks to end the war in Afghanistan, were gearing up for preliminary discussions.
  • (New York Times)
  • The Taliban have kidnapped a member of Afghanistans peace council during a bid to promote talks in the volatile east, underscoring the difficulty negotiators face in winning support for nascent negotiations from the Taliban front line.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Afghan President Hamid Karzai is pushing ahead with talks aimed at bringing peace and stability to the country.  But his most recent efforts were not focused on the Taliban.
  • (Voice of America)
  • This was a considerable shift from their normally stated position that there could be no talks until foreign opts to assist in the peace process.
  • (The Daily Star)
  • Kabul, Jan 23(ANI): The US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Marc Grossman has tried resolve tensions between Afghanistan and Qatar to facilitate peace talks with the Taliban.
  • (Newstrack India)
  • James Dobbins, a longtime diplomat and former U.S. envoy to Afghanistan, is the author of "Afghan Peace Talks: A Primer." He directs the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corp.
  • (Washington Post)
  • Gilani, who leads the PPP coalition government, has already appeared before the Supreme Court once, taking a respectful tone, and subsequently met with the top military leaders to discuss broad plans for possible peace talks over Afghanistan.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • WASHINGTON • Pentagon officials worry that outrage over a video purporting to depict Marines urinating on Taliban corpses will tarnish the reputation of the entire military. Some also fear it could undermine prospects for exploratory Afghan peace talks.
  • (Salt Lake Tribune)
  • PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, Jan. 29 (Xinhua Local media reports recently said peace talks between the Afghan government and Hezb-i-Islami militants are heading towards a positive direction. Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Jan.
  • (Xinhua News Agency)

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