Pakistan - Taliban Peace Talks Collapse After 23 Kidnapped Pak Soldiers Executed

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHR7hV1yiNtIniMzfxGKc9Qo05nStX0lyBsAy3UhyphenhyphentZduuptv5MjWZHCmBGYwJP-X7tiQCyd_nPp47TXxwjEH_4JofpT3FPaAdHTC_dthDqSvCW6iLcBb6m9HENcaSZHQFXYrig3FmE7ze/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHR7hV1yiNtIniMzfxGKc9Qo05nStX0lyBsAy3UhyphenhyphentZduuptv5MjWZHCmBGYwJP-X7tiQCyd_nPp47TXxwjEH_4JofpT3FPaAdHTC_dthDqSvCW6iLcBb6m9HENcaSZHQFXYrig3FmE7ze/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Taliban chief negotiators addressing a press conference in Islamabad (<a href="http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/02/17/351092/pakistan-calls-off-talks-with-taliban/">file photo</a>)</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Peace Talks Between Pakistan And Taliban Collapse After Killings -- Reuters</b></span></div><br />Feb 17 (Reuters) - Peace talks between the Pakistani government and Taliban insurgents broke down on Monday, the government said, after insurgents executed 23 paramilitary soldiers in what they said was revenge for army operations in the volatile tribal regions.<br /><br />Pakistan watchers have always been sceptical that negotiations with the outlawed militant group could ever bring results in a country where the Taliban are fighting to topple the government and set up an Islamic state.<br /><br />"It is sad that we are not moving in the right direction," Irfan Siddiqui, a government negotiator, said in a statement, adding that there was now "no use" holding a planned Monday meeting with Taliban representatives.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/02/17/pakistan-taliban-idINL3N0LM2QV20140217">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More News On The Pakistan - Taliban Peace Talks Collapsing</b></span></div><br /><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-02-17/pakistan-scraps-taliban-talks-after-23-kidnapped-troops-killed">Pakistan Scraps Taliban Talks After 23 Kidnapped Troops Killed </a>-- Bloomberg Businessweek<br /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/10643505/Peace-talks-collapse-as-Taliban-execute-23-Pakistani-soldiers.html">Peace talks collapse as Taliban execute 23 Pakistani soldiers</a> -- The Telegraph<br /><a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140217/pakistan-peace-talks-crisis-after-killing-kidnapped-soldiers">Pakistan peace talks in crisis after killing of kidnapped soldiers </a>-- Global Post/AFP<br /><a href="http://gulfnews.com/news/world/pakistan/pakistan-peace-talks-in-crisis-after-killing-of-soldiers-1.1292251">Pakistan peace talks in crisis after killing of soldiers</a> -- Gulf News<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/pakistan-peace-talks-stalled-by-soldier-deaths/2014/02/17/3323b0ac-97de-11e3-ae45-458927ccedb6_story.html">Pakistan peace talks stalled by soldier deaths</a> -- Washington Post/AP<br /><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2014/02/pakistan-peace-talks-with-taliban-collapse-201421710584693817.html">Pakistan peace talks hit by soldier's deaths</a> -- Al Jazeera<br /><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/pakistan-peace-talks-stalled-by-soldier-deaths/1852733.html">Taliban Execution of Pakistani Security Forces Stalls Talks</a> -- Voice of America<br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26223198">Killing of Pakistani soldiers by militants 'heinous'</a> - PM -- BBC

Pakistan - Taliban Peace Talks Collapse After 23 Kidnapped Pak Soldiers Executed

Taliban chief negotiators addressing a press conference in Islamabad (file photo)Peace Talks Between Pakistan And Taliban Collapse After Killings -- ReutersFeb 17 (Reuters) - Peace talks between the Pakistani government and Taliban insurgents broke d…

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