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2020-02-20 Afghanistan
There is 'Chance' of Taliban Deal: Trump
The probability is greater than zero, but not by much.
[ToloNews] US President Donald Trump
...The man who was so stupid he beat fourteen professional politicians, a former tech CEO, and a brain surgeon for the Republican nomination in 2016, then beat The Smartest Woman in the World in the general election...
has told news hounds on Tuesday that there is a chance of making a deal with the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
, AP reported.

"So, we are negotiating with the Taliban. We've been negotiating with them for a while. We will see what happens. It's a chance of making a deal. It is a chance," Trump said.

This follows a public announcement by US Defense Secretary Esper last week that an agreement for a seven-day reduction in violence was on the table at the US-Taliban talks, and also an AP report citing high-level officials saying that President Trump had "conditionally" approved a peace agreement being discussed in Doha, 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...
The expectation is that a signed peace deal between the US and the Taliban will lead to intra-Afghan talks.

The Afghan government has begun work on forming a peace-negotiating team with the Taliban, said Waheed Omar, director general of the president's office of public and strategic affairs.

"The government will determine authorities of the negotiating team. The team will have about 15 members," said Omar.

The peace-negotiating team will handle the technical aspects of the talks and the final decision will be taken in Kabul, said Omar, amid reports that the peace deal between the US and Taliban will be "finalized" next week.

"The Taliban are fighting with the Afghan govt. If they don't agree to talk with the Afghan govt, there are no peace negotiations," said Omar.

Meanwhile,
...back at the alley, Slats grabbed for his rosco...
a number of politicians have said that the Afghan government should make sure an inclusive peace-negotiating team is formed to avoid any possible obstacles in the process.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-02-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top
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#1 
"We are betting a lot on the possibility the Pashtun brain could have evolved in these two decades."
Posted by Dron66046 2020-02-20 03:18||   2020-02-20 03:18|| Front Page Top

#2 There are 2 chances, Slim...&...None.
Posted by Winky Squank8124 2020-02-20 06:57||   2020-02-20 06:57|| Front Page Top

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