Weary Of Bloodshed, A Taliban Leader In Afghanistan Weighs Reintegration -- Stars and Stripes
NISHIGAM, Afghanistan — The Taliban leader hid his face beneath a black ski mask as he rode in the back seat of an Afghan army pickup truck. He knew to avoid needless risk.
If the wrong person saw him, his life might end before he could convert from insurgent to peacemaker.
The truck rattled into the parking lot of the Nishigam government center in the Ghaziabad district of northern Kunar province. The walled compound sits five miles from Pakistan in one of Afghanistan’s most violent regions.
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