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Conditions for Taliban talks not met yet, says Kerry

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KERRY IN INDIA

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday that conditions for talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan had not been met yet, after a spat over a new Taliban office in Qatar threatened to derail peace negotiations.

Kerry was speaking at a joint press conference with the Indian foreign minister in New Delhi.

The United States and Taliban insurgents are exploring peace talks in a fresh effort to end Afghanistan’s 12-year-old war, helped behind the scenes by the support of neighboring Pakistan’s powerful military.

India, which jockeys for influence with arch rival Pakistan in Afghanistan, last week warned that any reconciliation should not confer legitimacy on insurgent groups.

REUTERS

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6 responses to “Conditions for Taliban talks not met yet, says Kerry”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Great Picture … ‘Allo? Akbar? Can you repeat that???’ :-)))

    1. wargame1 Avatar
      wargame1

      Its the Taliban who is calling the shot. When you see a superpower is trying to negotiate with a resistance group after 12 years that can be translated as defeat. Taliban has all the time in the world and its their land with majority sunni , strong local support and thats why 67+ countries couldnt defeat them. Before this the British lost FOUR times in Afghanistan , Russians lost and now American coalition force. Prior to all these chengiskhan ,Persian empire also Lost.

    2. wargame1 Avatar
      wargame1

      “Oh Lord Shiva, protect us from the fang of the cobra, the claw of the tiger, and the vengeance of the Afghan” old Hindu prayer.

      the strategies of Alexander the Great are still taught in all military schools. he took less than a year to conquer all territories. except Afghanistan.In a letter to his mother, Alexander the great described his encounters with the eastern southern tribes i.e. The Afghans thus:

      “I am involved in the land of a ‘Leonine’ (lion-like) and brave people, where every foot of the ground is like a wall of steel, confronting my soldier. You have brought only one Alexander into the world, but every mother in this land has brought an Alexander in the world.”

      Afghanistan is called the graveyard of Empire , when the Empire wants to die they go to Afghanistan to rest in to pieces.

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Great Picture … ‘Allo? Akbar? Can you repeat that???’ :-)))

    1. wargame1 Avatar
      wargame1

      Its the Taliban who is calling the shot. When you see a superpower is trying to negotiate with a resistance group after 12 years that can be translated as defeat. Taliban has all the time in the world and its their land with majority sunni , strong local support and thats why 67+ countries couldnt defeat them. Before this the British lost FOUR times in Afghanistan , Russians lost and now American coalition force. Prior to all these chengiskhan ,Persian empire also Lost.

    2. wargame1 Avatar
      wargame1

      “Oh Lord Shiva, protect us from the fang of the cobra, the claw of the tiger, and the vengeance of the Afghan” old Hindu prayer.

      In a letter to his mother, Alexander the great described his encounters with the eastern southern tribes i.e. The Afghans thus:

      “I am involved in the land of a ‘Leonine’ (lion-like) and brave people, where every foot of the ground is like a wall of steel, confronting my soldier. You have brought only one Alexander into the world, but every mother in this land has brought an Alexander in the world.”

      Afghanistan is called the graveyard of Empire , when the Empire wants to die they go to Afghanistan to rest in pieces.

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