...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
officials in Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...to explore ways for the revival of Afghan-led peace talks, it has been reported.
Sources privy of the development have told The Wall Street Journal that the top U.S. envoy for South Asia met with Taliban officials this week to discuss ways to lay the groundwork for peace talks.
The sources have further added that the aim of the discussion was to build on momentum created by a recent three-day cease-fire that offered Afghans a tantalizing taste of peace after decades of war, these people said.
"Ambassador Alice Wells, the State Department’s deputy assistant secretary for South and Central Asia, led the U.S. delegation, which met with members of the Taliban’s political commission in Doha, Qatar," according to the report.
The Taliban’s political office in Qatar and the US Department of State has not commented regarding the meeting so far.
However,
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all...
a State Department official has told the paper that "The United States is exploring all avenues to advance a grinding of the peace processor in close consultation with the Afghan government."