Tuesday, June 21, 2011

US-TALIBAN PARLEYS: Gates Acknowledges Talks with Taliban

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By GINGER THOMPSON / Published: June 19, 2011.

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates acknowledged on Sunday that the United States had begun preliminary talks with members of the Taliban as part of an effort to end the war in Afghanistan.

But as he pressed his case against withdrawing a significant number of American troops from the region this year, he said that he did not believe the negotiations would produce any positive results unless the Taliban continued to feel military pressure through the end of the year.

In an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Mr. Gates cautioned that the talks were in such early stages — having begun a few weeks ago — that officials were still uncertain the Taliban participants were genuine representatives of the Taliban leader Mullah Omar. He said the effort was being carried out by American diplomats but did not directly involve the secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton. And he said several other countries were participating, though he did not specify which ones.


Do they have any better choice, under the non-cooperation of Pakistan, for a safe exit?

But, in their hurry to exit the Afghanistan Corridor, they are handing over a major part of Afghanistan to the notorious Taliban, leaving millions of innocent Afghanistanis in the lurch!

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