Taliban to meet Afghan Govt officials near Paris, to discuss future of Afghanistan – France


Afghan Government to meet TalibanJNN 18 Dec 2012 PARIS  – France said on Sunday officials from the Afghan government, the Taliban rebel movement and other factions would meet this week near Paris to discuss the country’s future as NATO troops prepare to pull out in 2014. Continue reading

Pakistan agrees to set free Taliban leaders


JNN 15 Nov 2012 Islamabad : Islamabad government has agreed to release several leaders of Afghan Taliban from Pakistani jails in a bid to facilitate peace process in the troubled region, officials say. Continue reading

Ex Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani & Peace Council head killed by turban bomb


JNN 20 Sept 2011 KABUL: The head of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, and former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, who had been tasked with trying to negotiate a political end to the war, was killed on Tuesday evening, a senior police officer said. Continue reading