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2019-02-18 Afghanistan
Taliban say unable to attend Pakistan talks; blame travel blacklist
[DAWN] The Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
have postponed an unscheduled round of peace talks with the United States set for Monday in Pakistain saying "most" members of their negotiating team are unable to travel because they're on the US and United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
' blacklists.

The statement on Sunday offered no other details. It did not explain how several members previously were able to travel to meetings in the United Arab Emirates and Moscow.

The Taliban maintain a political office 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...
, where members of the negotiating team reside.

The Islamabad talks were seen as significant, coinciding with the visit of the Saudi crown prince to Pakistain.

The Taliban 14-member team includes five former inmates of the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, and Anas Haqqani, the placed in durance vile
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
younger brother of the leader of the holy warrior Haqqani network.

Posted by Fred 2019-02-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11146 views ]  Top
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#1 That, and they seem to be coming to room temperature with great regularity these days.
Posted by Cesare 2019-02-18 10:37||   2019-02-18 10:37|| Front Page Top

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