U.S. Deal With Taliban Breaks Down -- Washington Post
The Obama administration, as part of an accelerated push toward anendgame in Afghanistan, last month reached a tentative accord with Taliban negotiators that would have included the transfer of five Afghans from U.S. detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the Taliban’s public renunciation of international terrorism.
The deal called for the prisoners to be sent to house arrest in Qatar, where the Taliban planned to open an office, and additional actions by both sides, according to U.S. and European officials who would discuss the sensitive negotiations only on the condition of anonymity. Until now, no Guantanamo detainees have left the prison as bargaining chips in a larger deal.
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My Comment: The Taliban's terms have always been straightforward for the past 10 years .... U.S. and NATO forces must leave, and the reins of power should be given to them. With such an altitude we should then not be surprised that compromise is next to impossible .... hence .... the war continues.
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