Germany Mediates Secret US-Taliban Talks

[Toramana]

It's still unknown where exactly in Germany the American and Afghan negotiators met, but when they met can be pinpointed fairly exactly: at the turn of the year and on the second weekend in May.



It's also fairly clear who attends these talks on peace in the Hindu Kush. On the American side, representatives of the State Department and the CIA are taking part. At this stage, it is mid-ranking officials from the Obama administration who are involved -- a diplomatic ploy to play down the Taliban's importance.


The key figure on the Afghan side is described on the list of negotiators as a "relative" of Taliban leader Mullah Omar. This appears to refer to Tayyab Agha, a man in his mid-30s with a long, thin beard, who used to work as office manager for Mullah Omar when ...

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...764323,00.html

[Albani_Rahmat_Kabulzada]

It's still unknown where exactly in Germany the American and Afghan negotiators met, but when they met can be pinpointed fairly exactly: at the turn of the year and on the second weekend in May.



It's also fairly clear who attends these talks on peace in the Hindu Kush. On the American side, representatives of the State Department and the CIA are taking part. At this stage, it is mid-ranking officials from the Obama administration who are involved -- a diplomatic ploy to play down the Taliban's importance.


The key figure on the Afghan side is described on the list of negotiators as a "relative" of Taliban leader Mullah Omar. This appears to refer to Tayyab Agha, a man in his mid-30s with a long, thin beard, who used to work as office manager for Mullah Omar when ...

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...764323,00.html

Possibly just another fake.

[khushal]

NATO is desperate for peace with the Taliban that they are willing to believe any one that says they are for negotiating for the group. Why dont you work for the people instead of robbing them and then you dont need negotiations

[Albani_Rahmat_Kabulzada]

NATO is desperate for peace with the Taliban that they are willing to believe any one that says they are for negotiating for the group. Why dont you work for the people instead of robbing them and then you dont need negotiations

Taliban will keep Taliban. Their negotiations will be fakes. The last time they send a non-Taliban and ordinery shop-keeper who introduced himself as Taliban speaker. They will never accept any negotiations with NATO or the government.

[randolph85]

it would be hard to pass off as a fake when this guy has been on camera before in an official capacity.

[khushal]

it would be hard to pass off as a fake when this guy has been on camera before in an official capacity.

To the Americans, All Afghans look the same