Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
December 18, 2018
The United Nations envoy for Afghanistan says the prospect of negotiated end to the war in Afghanistan is closer than it has ever been.
The comments by Tadamichi Yamamoto on December 17 came as the Afghan Taliban said its representatives met with U.S. officials in the United Arab Emirates.
The preliminary talks were seen as an important step to launch formal peace negotiations with the Taliban.
Speaking at the UN Security Council, Yamamoto called on countries in the region “to contribute” in supporting the peace talks.
A negotiated peace “has never been more real…than it is now,” he said
“The key next step would be for representatives of the government and the Taliban to meet, or at least to formally initiate what in mediation is referred to as talks about talks,” he said.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid offered few details of the December 17 meeting except to say that “discussions were held with the American side over the end to the invasion of Afghanistan.”
The Taliban has long refused to hold formal talks with the Afghan government, insisting on first brokering an agreement with the United States.
While Washington has neither denied nor confirmed previous meetings with the Taliban, U.S. special peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has previously held at least two rounds of talks with Taliban officials.
The Taliban controls or contests nearly half of Afghanistan, where it is waging a deadly insurgency against the Western-backed Kabul government and government security forces.
The country has been at war on and off for more than 20 years.
Based on reporting by dpa and AP
Copyright (c) 2018. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste 400, Washington DC 20036.
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*KHALEELZAHD :
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THE AFGHAN
FOUND
(HENRY KISSINGER REPLICA) :
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Mr Kissinger
is enthusiastically watching his “live replica”
in
action from his nursing home- hoping for
Khaleelzah
to
be able to achieve what
he was able
to
pull off and
accomplish skillfully during
during those tense years
of
the
“cold war”
era.
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.
IT IS
“AMAZING”
TO SEE, HOW
THE
ANGLO/US
CROOKED AND SAVY
SCOUTS
FIND THESE KINDs
OF
GOOFY; BUT, YET VERY PRACTICAL CHARACTERS
((“MEERZA-QALUMS”))
FROM THE PILE AND TURN THEM
INTO
INTERNATIONAL
“SUPER-ICONS” !
*
**
*
*HE LOVES
AMERICA- JUST LIKE
*DONALD TRUMP
Get read :
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**
*
A
“ NOBLE PRIZE”
is
in
order !
*SORRY !
.
.
Meant to say:
*
GET READY !
*THE
CRIMINAL
FOREIGN FORCES
MUST EVACUATE
.
*GREAT
AFGHANISTAN!
*IT IS
THE RIGHT
**************
*******
***
“TIMING” !
*STILL !
*GET OUT !
*AND- IMMEDIATELY. !
YOU HAVE HUGE ENSLAVED
PAKISTANI ARMY, IN THE REGION
TO
ASSIT YOU- ON
A
SHORT NOTICE,
*Enough of your savageries
in
Afghanistan- just
go away for good !
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DON’T FORGET
TO
TAKE OUT
ALL
OF
YOUR
LOCAL “CAMP- FOLLOWERS”
AND
GOOFY “PUPPETS”
AS WELL; IF
YOU WISH SO !!!!!!
*YOU ARE
ALL
UNWANTED !
Tens of thousands
of
“camp-followers”
and
hundreds
of
high-profiled devoted
“PUPPETS” !
*IN FACT; YOU COULD
DUMP THEM ALL
IN
PAKISTAN !
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From there; they would have the
freedom
of
access to any global destination they
desire.
The cost is nothing comparable
to
the
trillions that you already spent !
*THEN, AN
.
GENUINE
“INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE
.
COULD HOPEFULLY”
BRING
PEACE, STABILITY AND MUTUAL
RESPECT
TO
ALL THR PEOPLE
OF
AFGHANISTAN
AND
TO
THE WHOLE REGION.
*ENOUGH
OF
YOUR B.S. !!!!!
After, all that;
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All those cowards who staged the
grand invasions
of
Afghanistan and committed serious crimes in the last almost
40 years
must be brought forth to face the justice for committing heinous crimes against the humanity- and all
in
presence of a
newly-elected and fair-minded
United Nation
GRAND BODY.
WOULD
IT
BE
POSSIBLE ?????
I WOULD SAY:
“definitely yes”.
IF THEY COULD LAND
A
“GOOFY MAN” ON THE
MOON; THEN, LOGICALLY>>>>>>>>
((they say))
“ANYTHING WOULD BE POSSIBLE” !
*
WOULD IT ?????
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NO !
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*ARROGANCE AND USELESS *PRIDE
COULD EASILY
LEAD
TO
“DOWNFALLS” .
*IT
IS
ANOTHER HOPELESS
CASE- DOWN
THE LINE !
*IF IT
IS
NOT
HANDLED
PROPERLY !
*GOOD LUCK !