High-Level Talks Aim for an End to the Afghan War

[thecrow]

Source: NY TIMES

Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Tue, October 19, 2010 -- 7:37 PM ET
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High-Level Talks Aim for an End to the Afghan War

Talks to end the war in Afghanistan involve extensive,
face-to-face discussions with Taliban commanders from the
highest levels of the group's leadership, who are secretly
leaving their sanctuaries in Pakistan with the help of NATO
troops, officials here say.

The discussions, some of which have taken place in Kabul, are
unfolding between the inner circle of President Hamid Karzai
and members of the Quetta shura, the leadership group that
oversees the Taliban war effort inside Afghanistan. Afghan
leaders have also held discussions with leaders of the
Haqqani network, considered to be one of the most hard-line
guerrilla factions fighting here; and members of the Peshawar
shura, whose fighters are based in eastern Afghanistan.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/world/asia/20afghan.html?emc=na



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/world/asia/20afghan.html?emc=na

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. the war needs to end

since the Republicans started it

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2. What a wonderful Christmas present that would make....

Bring all our troops home...

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3. K&R