Afghanistan's Taliban Have Rejected Any Talks On Peace

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/P0uSgB4D9PI" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Afghan Taliban Repudiates Hoped-For Olive Branch To Government -- Reuters</b></span></div><br />(Reuters) - The Taliban said on Wednesday it had nothing to do with a recent meeting of former and current Taliban figures who appeared open to talks with the Afghan government, raising hope of a negotiated end to many years of bloodshed.<br /><br />In a statement emailed to media organizations, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the Taliban remained opposed to direct talks with the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, whom the Islamist insurgents regard as a Western agent.<br /><br />"There was no meeting in Dubai in which the Islamic Emirate (Taliban) participated, nor are there any talks with the so-called Afghan Peace Council," Mujahid said, using the Taliban's name for its 1996-2001 government.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/19/us-afghanistan-taliban-idUSBREA1I1CS20140219">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> With the assassination of the Afghan Taliban peace envoy (see previous post) .... the message is clearly being sent out .... no peace talks.<br /><br /><b>Update:</b> Is Pakistan sabotaging these peace talks? There are some who now believing that <b><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/2014/0219/Shaky-Afghan-Taliban-peace-talks-run-into-Pakistani-obstruction-video#">this is the case</a></b>.

Afghanistan's Taliban Have Rejected Any Talks On Peace

Afghan Taliban Repudiates Hoped-For Olive Branch To Government -- Reuters (Reuters) - The Taliban said on Wednesday it had nothing to do wit...

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