Kai Eide, the former UN secretary general's special representative in Afghanistan. Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty ImagesPakistan Arrests 'Halt Secret UN Contacts With Taliban' -- BBC
The UN's former envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide, has strongly criticised Pakistan's recent arrest of high-ranking Taliban leaders.
Mr Eide told the BBC the arrests had completely stopped a channel of secret communications with the UN.
Pakistani officials insist the arrests were not an attempt to spoil talks.
Mr Eide confirmed publicly for the first time that his secret contacts with senior Taliban members had begun a year ago.
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More News On The Stopping Of UN - Taliban Talks
Pakistan arrests put stop to Taliban talks – UN envoy -- The Guardian
Taliban arrests thwart Afghan talks - ex-U.N. envoy -- Reuters
Kai Eide lashes out -- The Guardian
Is US-Taliban dialogue likely? -- Tahir Ali, Pakistan Observer
Why the U.S. must talk to the Taliban -- Ahmed Rashid, Washington Post
Why Negotiate With the Taliban? -- Fred Kagan and Kimberly Kagan, Wall Street Journal
My Comment: I am one of those who believe that the Taliban have zero interest to be serious in pursuing any form of peace talks. But politicians and diplomats are in the business of always talking and looking for common ground .... interrupt this discussion will always result in a rebuke from a diplomat who now finds himself unemployed.
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