Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Peace Talks With Afghan Taliban To Resume



U.S. Peace Talks With Taliban To Resume -- Washington Post

The Obama administration will resume peace talks with the Taliban as soon as Afghan President Hamid Karzai formally blesses the negotiations, according to senior administration officials who indicated the process could be under way within weeks.

Marc Grossman, the senior U.S. diplomat who shepherded a series of secret U.S. meetings with the insurgents last year, will meet with Karzai late next week to ensure that the Afghan president is on board, officials said.

“If Karzai were to tell [the administration] to go ahead, then we’d start talking again,” said one of two officials who discussed the secret negotiations on condition of anonymity.

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More News On U.S. - Taliban Peace Talks

U.S. launches new push to secure Afghan peace talks -- Reuters
U.S. launches new push to secure Afghan peace talks -- CNBC
U.S. Plans New Push for Talks With Taliban -- Wall Street Journal
Clinton appears to acknowledge talks about transferring Taliban prisoners from Guantanamo -- Washington Post/AP
Negotiating with evil -- Mitchell Reiss, Shadow Government/Foreign Policy

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