Afghan - Taliban Peace Talks Collapse When Main Taliban Negotiator Is Outed As A Fake

Afghanistan Shifts From Reconciliation After Taliban Impostor Revealed -- Christian Science Monitor

The revelation that NATO and members of the Afghanistan government may have been negotiating with a Taliban impostor has dealt a blow to peace talks.

After a man some officials believe to be simply a Pakistani shopkeeper duped NATO and members of the Afghan government into thinking he was one a top Taliban leader, the focus in Afghanistan is shifting from reconciliation and back to the mechanics of the war.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday morning, the day news of the Taliban impostor broke, Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai was less interested in talking about meetings with the Taliban and more focused on what the NATO summit in Lisbon meant for his country.

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More News On Afghanistan And the Taliban Impostor

Senior Taliban leader was a fake, officials say -- L.A. Times
Petraeus: Taliban Impostor Reports No Surprise -- CBS News/AP
Petraeus Says There Was ‘Skepticism’ Over Taliban Negotiator -- Bloomberg
Secret peace talks in Afghanistan collapse after 'Taliban' negotiator is exposed as a fraud -- The Daily Mail
Man involved in Afghan talks said to be impostor -- Yahoo News/AP
Afghan Impostor: U.S. Officials Confirm Talks with Phony Taliban Leader -- ABC News
Self-Described Taliban Leader Could Have Been Anyone, Really -- Vanity Fair
Karzai Denies Talks With Alleged Taliban Impostor -- NPR
Faking It: Taliban Negotiator Was A Phony -- Time Magazine
Taliban Leader in Secret Talks Was an Impostor -- New York Times
Afghan Talks Featured an Impostor -- Wall Street Journal
Senior Taliban leader 'an imposter' -- The Telegraph
Fake Taliban chief dupes Nato -- Financial Times
'Taliban impostor duped officials' -- Al Jazeera
Hard Lessons of the Taliban Imposter -- Max Fisher, The Atlantic
Fake Taliban, real embarrassment -- Foreign Policy
“We Gave Him A Lot of Money” -- New Yorker