Claims of secret talks with Taliban exaggerated: ex-UN envoy
A bitter argument over secret talks with the Taliban broke out last night when a former UN official said claims that the arrest of militants by Pakistan had wrecked progress towards peace in Afghanistan were nonsense.
Peter Galbraith told media that Kai Eide, who claims to have negotiated with senior…
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