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Afghanistan
Taliban says suspending Afghan peace talks with United States
2012-03-15
They'll stay away until Champ apologizes again, which should be next week sometime...
Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents said on Thursday they were suspending peace talks with the United States because of the "shaky, erratic and vague" U.S. position. Even though substantial talks have yet to begin, the Taliban announcement will dent hopes of a negotiated settlement to the more than a decade-long war in the run-up to the withdrawal of foreign combat troops at the end of 2014.

"The Islamic Emirate has decided to suspend all talks with Americans taking place in Qatar from (Thursday) onwards until the Americans clarify their stance on the issues concerned and until they show willingness in carrying out their promises instead of wasting time," the group said in a statement.

The Taliban also said talks with the government of President Hamid Karzai were pointless and none had taken place.

The announcement came days after an American soldier was accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in the south. The killings in Kandahar province on Sunday have raised questions about Western strategy in Afghanistan and intensified calls for the withdrawal of foreign combat troops.

Earlier on Thursday, a senior U.S. commander defended moving the American soldier accused of the killings to a military detention centre in Kuwait, saying it would help ensure a proper investigation and trial. Furious Afghan civilians and members of parliament have demanded the staff sergeant be tried in Afghanistan over the shooting, one of the worst of its kind since U.S.-backed Afghan forces toppled the Taliban in late 2001.

Karzai called on NATO-led forces to move out of all Afghan villages in response to the shooting.
You're just pining for your Najibullah moment, aren't you...
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, in Kabul on a two-day visit to try to soothe Afghan anger, discussed the massacre with Karzai at his heavily guarded palace and faced demands from the Afghan leader that any trial be transparent.

"I assured him first and foremost that I shared his regrets about what took place. I again pledged to him that we are proceeding with a full investigation here and that we will bring the individual involved to justice. He accepted that," Panetta told reporters.
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#7  Why are we even negociating with them anyway? Does Bumbles actually think they will abide by any agreement? Is he that foolish? Oh wait....
Posted by: Crazyfool   2012-03-15 23:41  

#6  MSM-Net Pundits are describing this as a real defeat for the Bammer + his AFPAK Policies.

More ...

* WAFF [Strategypage = Austin Bay] THE TALIBAN KILLING FIELDS: HISTORY 2014?

* SAME > [Memri.org] AL-QAEDA VIDEO URGES REBELLION IN PAKISTANI ARMY.

* SAME > SAUDI DAILY [Al-Riyadh] CALLS FOR GULF-WIDE [inter-Muslim]DIALOGUE WID AL-QAEDA, espec to preclude the US from eventually coming to dominate Yemeni Govt-Affairs as per Iraq + AFPAK.

ANOTHER MAHA-RUSHIAN LIMBAUGH "LE SERIEUSE?" TEST CASE FOR THE ARAB LEAGUE + PROPOSED OWG-NWO, MUSLIMS-DON'T-NEED-THE-US-OR- NATO-TO-HANDLE-MUSLIMS POTENT "ISLAMIC UNION".

versus

* TOPIX, NEWS KERALA > US EXPERT ADVOCATES DESTRUCTION OF LASHKAR-E-TAIBA [LeT], wid or widout Pakistan's help.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-03-15 23:04  

#5  "We are not talking to you...
Just put the money in an envelope and stuff it under the door."
Posted by: Capsu78   2012-03-15 17:32  

#4  Give us an excuse to fight our way out.

If you are going to be a bunch of a-holes, than there is no reason to leave you anything. Should we level the place before we leave?

Stupid, weak assed POTUS.
Posted by: newc   2012-03-15 12:55  

#3  Did the USA hold peace talks with Bushido Japan, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, or Baathist Iraq? Order the Taliban to surrender unconditionally, and nuke them and Pakistan to hell if they don't, or give up.

It's either "Nothing Less Than Victory" or "Please let me live a little bit longer, in fear and slavery." Which alternative has Obama chosen for America?

And no, "nation building" and 100k soldiers in Afghanistan for a decade are not --and never were-- valid options.
Posted by: Shereter Poodle9774   2012-03-15 12:52  

#2  No peace treaty, fine, blow them to hell.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2012-03-15 12:09  

#1  Now my feelings are hurt.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-03-15 11:19  

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