[Peace-discuss] NYT publishes roadmap for Taliban Talks

[Robert Naiman]

Key points, based on conversations with Afghan officials and Western
diplomats in Kabul:

- Far from being "pie in the sky," discussions with the Taliban
leadership are already underway and could be developed into more
formal talks with the support of the US.

- Afghan parliamentarians involved in the talks said they were waiting
for President Karzai to secure guarantees of support for the process
from foreign governments, in particular the United States, before they
could go further.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/emnytem-publishes-roadmap_b_174109.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/3/11/191433/223

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/40651

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Robert Naiman
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