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March 6, 2013

Now the Taliban Wants Peace?

Ron Moreau & Sami Yousafzai, The Daily Beast

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With a Qatar office, the Taliban hope that it will be able to more easily reach out not only to the U.S. and Afghans but to other nations in the Gulf, in Europe, and even to former foes such as Iran and Russia.

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