Obama backs plan to let Taliban open political office in Qatar.

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U.S. backs move to let Taliban open headquarters in Qatar in the hope of ending war in Afghanistan
uk telegraph ^ | 9-12-11
Posted on September 12, 2011 7:11:01 AM EDT by InvisibleChurch

Talks to end the 10-year war in Afghanistan could be on the horizon after the U.S. backed a plan to let the Taliban open political headquarters in the Middle East. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is likely to open a base in Qatar before Christmas, The Times said. It is hoped this will help facilitate peace talks which could lead to a truce with the Taliban.

A senior member of the Taliban - Tayyab Agha - has been talking on and off with western diplomats for the past year but it is hoped this move will accelerate the process.

Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar is understood to be backing the negotiations.

When the HQ is opened in the Qatari capital Doha, it will be the first time the Islamist group has been treated like a political party since it fell from power in 2001.

The Times said the Taliban wants to make sure its members are free from harassment and arrest whilst based in the city.

The Gulf state is believed to have agreed to let the group have a base after Washington decided that it should be located away from the influence of Pakistan.

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[240 is Back]

wake up honcho.... taleban is good business... we paid them $43 million in summer 2001 for a caspian access line... they punked us... they're a longterm politica entity.  Karzai and bush played ball with them, and obama is too.  It's how things work.  Capeech?

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wake up honcho.... taleban is good business... we paid them $43 million in summer 2001 for a caspian access line... they punked us... they're a longterm politica entity.  Karzai and bush played ball with them, and obama is too.  It's how things work.  Capeech?

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Sickening: Obama has approved the establishment of a Taliban political HQ in Qatar
The Sunday Times (London) ^ | 09/11/2011 | Catherine Philp and Jerome Starkey



America has given its blessing for the Taleban to be brought in from the cold with a critical step towards reconciliation as the world paused to mark the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

The Times has learnt that Washington has endorsed plans for the Islamist network to open political headquarters in the gulf state of Qatar by the end of the year. The move has been devised so that the West can begin formal peace talks with the Taleban.

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Rockets fired at US embassy
Wavy10 News ^ | 9/13/2011 | AMIR SHAH and RAHIM FAIEZ
Posted on September 13, 2011 6:57:37 AM EDT by blueyon

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Insurgents fired rockets and assault rifles in the direction of the U.S. Embassy, NATO headquarters and other official buildings Tuesday as gunfire and explosions rocked the heart of the Afghan capital. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

The surge of violence was a stark reminder of the instability that continues to plague Afghanistan nearly a decade after the U.S. invasion that ousted the Taliban in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the United States.

Police said the gunmen were firing from a tall office building that is under construction at Kabul's Abdul Haq square, which is about 300 yards (meters) from the U.S. Embassy. American officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

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Taliban lays seige to Afghan capital
CBS News ^ | September 13, 2011
Posted on September 13, 2011 6:01:25 AM EDT by xjcsa

A complicated attack involving multiple gunmen and apparent suicide bombers was underway in the heart of the Afghan capital Tuesday morning, and it appeared to be focused near the U.S. Embassy.

CBS News staff in Kabul reported hearing heavy gunfire and at least seven explosions, some of them large. The situation was described as "chaotic", and it remained unclear how many people were wounded.

A Taliban spokesman claimed there were several militants inside at least one building near the embassy district in Kabul, and that the targets of the attack were Afghan government ministries and the intelligence services.

The Taliban's primary website ran a statement Tuesday morning saying "Operation Martyrdom" was underway in the Afghan capital.

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BUSH negotiationed with them too.  As will president perry.

take your emotions out of it dude.  they outlasted us in afghanistan, like it or not.

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NATO commander says 27 dead in Kabul attack
AP ^ | Sept 12, 2011



KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The top commander for NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan says the Kabul attack has left 27 dead — including Afghan police, civilians and insurgents.

The 20-hour assault in the heart of the Afghan capital ended on Wednesday morning.

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John Allen says of those killed, 11 were Afghan civilians, with more than half of them children. Allen says five Afghan police officers were also killed.

He says that 11 insurgents also died in the battle, seven of them in the clearing operation inside the building where the attackers were holed up near the U.S. embassy. Four other attackers served as suicide bombers. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.


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[OzmO]

Frankly,

Good. 

Time to get the fuck our of Afghanistan.