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| Afghanistan |
| Taliban envoys invited to attend conference in Paris |
| 2012-12-11 |
| [Iran Press TV] Taliban Spokesman Zabihollah Mojahed says the representatives of the political branch of the group have been invited to attend an international conference in the French capital, Gay Paree, Press TV reports. In a new statement, Mojahed said that the Taliban will send two of its representatives to the conference. The group says the Gay Paree meeting is a research event and the Taliban representatives have no plans to hold talks with the Afghan officials and international envoys. Taliban has hailed the invitation as the sign of the group's kudos and pointed out that they will use the event as an opportunity to convey their views to the international community. This is reportedly the first time that Taliban is invited to attend an international conference in Europe. No formal negotiations have been held with the Taliban so far, but several informal contacts have been established. However, it's easy to be generous with someone else's money... Taliban leaders have repeatedly said that they will not talk with the authorities in Kabul as long as US-led forces remain in Afghanistan. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Shape of the carpet. Tables are an infidel invention. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2012-12-11 15:23 |
| #1 Will they argue about the shape of the table, as the North Vietnamese did? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-12-11 15:07 |