Russia open to moderate Taliban contacts: Report

Russia backs the idea of talks between Afghanistan’s government and moderate elements of the Taliban, a senior Russian diplomat told Interfax news agency on Wednesday. U.S. President Barack Obama said in a newspaper interview published on March 7 that he was open to the idea of reaching out to moderate elements of the Taliban in Afghanistan, where insurgent violence is at its highest since U.S.-led forces ousted the militant Islamist movement in late 2001. “If the leadership of

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