Monday, October 8, 2012

Afghanistan War News Updates -- October 8, 2012



US-Taliban Talks Collapsed Over Guantánamo Deal, Says Official -- The Guardian

Peace negotiations foundered after failure to agree fate of detainees, but US now ready to resume talks.

Peace talks between the US and the Taliban broke down in March mainly because the Afghan insurgents refused to agree to a deal by which guerrilla commanders released from Guantánamo Bay would remain under Qatari government supervision in Doha, a senior US administration official said.

The official said contacts have continued between the Kabul government and Taliban representatives, and that the US was also ready to resume talks.

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More News On Afghanistan

ISAF Joint Command morning operational update, Oct. 6 -- ISAF
Two Ft. Bragg Special Forces soldiers killed in gunfight in Afghanistan -- Examiner
Car explosion kill 2 Afghan intelligence officers in Helmand -- Khaama Press
Cross-border shelling from Pakistan continues in Kunar -- Khaama Press
Marine patrol in Afghanistan gets its feet wet -- Military Times

Afghanistan war enters 12th year amid Taliban defiance -- The Telegraph
Taliban mock US as Afghan war enters 12th year -- France24/AFP
We win, you lose’: Taliban jeers at US, NATO as Afghan war enters 12th year -- RT
The war in Afghanistan turns 11 years old -- CBS

Afghan war getting worse for civilians, ICRC says -- Reuters
Outgoing Red Cross chief in Afghanistan has bleak outlook for resolution of war
-- Washington Post/AP
ICRC head warns of humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan -- Khaama Press

Moscow warns against premature NATO pullout from Afghanistan -- Russia & India Report/RT
Afghanistan: beating a retreat -- Guardian editorial
The big three who can help save Afghanistan -- Shashank Joshi, The Telegraph

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