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Aide: Karzai Angry at Taliban Boss' Arrest

Source country CBSnews Tuesday, March 16, 2010 2:36:00 AM CET | info [other]

Entities: Mullah Baradar[1]; Abdul Ali[1]; Stanley McChrystal[2]; Daniel Markey[1]; Richard Holbrooke[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[3]; Gulbuddin Hekmatyar[1]; Jalaluddin Haqqani[1]; Lisa Curtis[1]; Robert Gates[1]; Hamid Gul[1];

Other categories: Security;

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Lisa Curtis argued: "The military surge should be given time to bear fruit," "Insurgents are more likely to negotiate if they fear defeat on the battlefield"

Detention of Baradar Raises Questions about Whether U.S. is Willing to Back Peace Talks with Leaders Who Harbored Terrorists...

U.N. set for more discreet talks with Taliban: envoys

Source country focusnews-en Tuesday, March 16, 2010 1:16:00 AM CET | info [other]

Entities: Hamid Karzai[1]; Ban Ki Moon[1]; Kai Eide[1];

Other categories: Ban Ki-moon; Security Council;

United Nations. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon suggested in a new report on Afghanistan that the United Nations is ready to continue informal talks with the Taliban but the contact must be discreet, diplomats said, Reuters reported. The 15-nation U.N....

U.N. set for more discreet talks with Taliban - envoys

Source country thestar Tuesday, March 16, 2010 1:02:00 AM CET | info [other]

Entities: Sue Pleming[1]; Staffan de Mistura[1]; Hamid Karzai[1]; David Miliband[1]; John O'Callaghan[1]; Kai Eide[1];

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon suggested in a new report on Afghanistan that the United Nations is ready to continue informal talks with the Taliban but the contact must be discreet, diplomats said....

U.N. set for more discreet talks with Taliban

Source country reuters Monday, March 15, 2010 11:53:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Hamid Karzai[1]; Ban Ki Moon[1]; Louis Charbonneau[1];

Other categories: Security Council; Ban Ki-moon;

U.N. set for more discreet talks with Taliban: envoys

Source country reuters Monday, March 15, 2010 11:53:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Staffan de Mistura[1]; Hamid Karzai[1]; David Miliband[1]; Ban Ki Moon[1]; Kai Eide[1];

Other categories: Ban Ki-moon; Security Council;

UN set for more discreet talks with Taliban-envoys

Source country alertnet Monday, March 15, 2010 11:44:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Sue Pleming[1]; Staffan de Mistura[1]; David Miliband[1]; Ban Ki Moon[1]; John O'Callaghan[1]; Louis Charbonneau[1]; Kai Eide[1]; Hamid Karzai[1];

Other categories: Ban Ki-moon; Security Council;

* Ban seeks tacit UN council approval of Taliban talks * Cautious support in NATO for Afghan reconciliation plans By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, March 15 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon suggested in a new report on Afghanistan that the United Nations is ready to continue.......

Aide: Karzai 'very angry' at Taliban boss' arrest

Source country AP Monday, March 15, 2010 11:04:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Abdul Ghani Baradar[1]; Stanley McChrystal[2]; Ghani Baradar[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[3]; Robert Gates[1]; Hamid Gul[1]; Mullah Baradar[1]; Abdul Ali[1]; Hamid Karzai[1]; Daniel Markey[1]; Richard Holbrooke[1]; Mullah Abdul Ghafour[1]; Gulbuddin Hekmatyar[1]; Mullah Omar[2]; Jalaluddin Haqqani[1]; Lisa Curtis[1]; Abdel Ghani[1];

Other categories: Security; Terrorist Attack;

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Lisa Curtis argued: "The military surge should be given time to bear fruit," "Insurgents are more likely to negotiate if they fear defeat on the battlefield"

KABUL (AP) -- The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of Karzai's advisers.......

Aide: Karzai ‘very angry’ at Taliban boss’ arrest

Source country msnbc Monday, March 15, 2010 10:31:00 PM CET | info [other]

Entities: Stanley McChrystal[2]; Daniel Markey[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[3]; Gulbuddin Hekmatyar[1]; Jalaluddin Haqqani[1]; Lisa Curtis[1]; Robert Gates[1];

Other categories: Security;

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Lisa Curtis argued: "The military surge should be given time to bear fruit," "Insurgents are more likely to negotiate if they fear defeat on the battlefield"

The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to a Karzai advisers....

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