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)