You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Afghanistan
Mullah Baradar joins Taliban talks in Qatar to end stalemate on draft agreement
2019-07-02
[DAILYTIMES.PK] Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
political office head Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar joined negotiations with the US 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...
on Monday to resolve differences over a draft agreement, Taliban sources in Qatar said.

Taliban had earlier indicated reaching an agreement with the US on a timeframe for the withdrawal of foreign troops and the Taliban assurance to prevent Afghanistan from being used against the US, its allies and any other country. However,
alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk...
they could not reach any deal until late Monday. Earlier, a message shared with Taliban officials indicated that a decision of the Qatar talks could be announced on Monday that will be a ’success for the Islamic Emirate’. Sources say the current round of talks was scheduled to continue for three days and Monday was the last day. But now Taliban sources say the talks will continue on Tuesday as well.

Baradar also met US chief negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad at the venue of the talks to finalize the deal, Taliban officials said. Sher Abbas Stanekzai is leading the Taliban team and Baradar joined the talks for the first time in three days.

Meanwhile,
...back at the revival hall, Buford bit the snake and Eloise began speaking in tongues...
Taliban front man in Qatar Suhail Shaheen said negotiations with Afghan sides will start after a timeframe for the withdrawal of foreign troops is announced in the presence of international guarantors. "But there will be no talks with the Kabul administration in its official capacity," he tweeted, a day after the Afghan Foreign Ministry announced that Germany will host the representatives of the Taliban and the Afghan government this month.

Afghan Foreign Ministry Sibghatullah Ahmadi had told news hounds in Kabul on Sunday that direct talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government could begin within two weeks.
Posted by:Fred

00:00