US 'begins talks' with the Taliban - The Guardian (blog)

Reuters US 'begins talks' with the Taliban The Guardian (blog) There have been at least a dozen back-channel contacts with the Taliban brokered by a mix of governments, institutions or individuals. But until now, it has been a cottage industry, producing reports but no tangible gains. Many of those involved in ... US effort to shift policy hard to clear up difficulties in AfghanistanXinhua On US-Taliban talks, look at 20 14 and work backReuters Blogs (blog) Pakistan has no friends in region: Ahmed RashidThe News International Voice of America -Bloomberg -Hindustan Times all 825 news articles »