US contacts Mullah Omar to negotiate Afghanistan conflict end: Report

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US contacts Mullah Omar to negotiate Afghanistan conflict end: Report

US contacts Mullah Omar to negotiate Afghanistan conflict end: Report

From ANI

Islamabad, June 14(ANI): The United States has reportedly established contacts with Taliban leader Mullah Omar to negotiate an end to the conflict in Afghanistan.


According to the Express Tribune, a former Afghan Taliban spokesman, Abdul Haqiq, has played a key role in the US-Taliban communication. aqiq was arrested by US and Afghan intelligence agents from a secret location in Afghanistan in June 2007.

He was one of the high-profile Afghan Taliban spokesmen along with Yousuf Ahmadi, appointed after chief spokesman Abdul Latif Hakimi was arrested in October 2005 in Pakistan.

With the US expected to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in July, Washington has stepped up the pace of talks with Taliban leaders.

During a visit to Pakistan last month, US Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman had reportedly appealed for help in contacting the reclusive Taliban leader.arlier, in February, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had also signalled a sea change in the Obama administration policy when she compared talking with the Taliban to former US President Ronald Reagan's decision to "sit down with the Soviets".

During a trip to the region earlier this month, the outgoing US Defence Secretary, Robert Gates, had predicted that talks would start "by the end of the year".

[unknownprince]

this is all lies and disinformation.

[unknownprince]

All lies

US establishes contact with Mullah Omar

US establishes contact with Mullah Omar - The Times of India

PTI | Jun 15, 2011, 01.19am IST
ISLAMABAD: The US has established contacts with Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Omar to negotiate an end to the conflict in Afghanistan, a media report said on Tuesday.

Abdul Haqiq, a former Afghan Taliban spokesman who used the alias Mohammad Hanif, played a key role in helping Washington reach out to Mullah Omar, The Express Tribune newspaper quoted a source as saying.

Haqiq was arrested by US and Afghan intelligence agents in Afghanistan in June 2007. He was one of the high profile Afghan Taliban spokesmen along with Yousuf Ahmadi, appointed after chief spokesman Abdul Latif Hakimi was arrested in October 2005 in Pakistan.

Several claims have been made so far by the US about negotiations with the Taliban but Islamabad and Kabul were never taken into confidence over the talks, the report said. The US reportedly offered the Taliban control over southern Afghanistan, leaving the north for other political forces under American influence.

However, this was rejected by the Taliban. "The acceptance of such a proposal could not be possible for the Taliban as it could lead to the disintegration of Afghanistan," said former Inter-Services Intelligence chief Hamid Gul.

The daily quoted a Pakistani diplomat in Kabul as being optimistic about the talks. "The Taliban are aware that it will be difficult to defeat foreign troops in Afghanistan or capture the entire country.

"Similarly, the US is also aware that it cannot defeat the Taliban in the next few years," the unnamed diplomat said. A senior official in Pakistan's foreign office was not as sure of the success of the US-Taliban talks. "Such talks are bound to fail as Washington is trying to achieve its goals without taking (Afghan President Hamid) Karzai into confidence." the official said.

[شمله ور خراساني]

Mullah saheb zendabad!

[afghan]

the US do know after all where Mulla omar is. wonder why he is not killed yet.