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Thu 08 Aug 2009Talking to the Taliban might solve Afghanistan impasse
ANALYSIS:A host of challenges face efforts to bring insurgents into the political process, writes MICHAEL SEMPLE.
SUDDENLY EVERYONE wants talks with the Taliban. British foreign secretary David Miliband led the way with a speech at the July 27th Nato meeting in Brussels. He issued a carefully worded and much publicised call for political engagement with amenable elements of the Taliban.
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