Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Preliminary Pakistan-Taliban Peace Talks Delayed



Preliminary Peace Talks With Pakistani Taliban Postponed -- Radio Free Europe

A meeting has been delayed between the Pakistani government and Pakistani Taliban to discuss the possible launch of peace talks.

Reports say the meeting in Islamabad, scheduled for February 4, was postponed by the government.

Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan representative Maulana Sami-ul-Haq said that the delay shows that the government isn't serious about negotiations.

The meeting was intended to be a preliminary discussion about the holding of negotiations to end years of violence linked to the Pakistani Taliban insurgency, which began in 2007.

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More News On The Preliminary Pakistan-Taliban Peace Talks Being Delayed

Pakistan peace talks with Taliban are delayed -- BBC
Pakistan peace talks with Taliban team delayed after government negotiators fail to show up -- FOX News/AP
Pakistan-Taliban peace talks falter -- AFP
First meeting in Pakistani talks with Taliban cancelled -- The Guardian
Taliban criticize Pakistan peace talks delay -- Blouin News
Pakistan: Taliban criticise peace talks delay -- BBC
Confusion, doubt as Pakistan tries to talk to Taliban militants -- Global Post/Reuters
Pakistan press sceptical about Taliban talks -- BBC
Pakistan Taliban talks delayed. What does each side want? -- Umar Farooq, Christian Science Monitor
Analysts say peace with Pakistan Taliban unlikely -- Tim Craig; Washington Post/Gulf News
Why talks with the Pakistan Taliban may never succeed -- BBC

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