US Allows ‘Safe Passage’ to Afghan Taliban Leaders

Fakhar ur Rehman, NBC News, and Alastair Jamieson
msnbc.com
April 27, 2012

The United States and Afghanistan have agreed to “give safe passage” to representatives of the Afghan Taliban to help them to enter future peace talks, officials announced Friday.

It may represent a significant step forward towards the resumption of peace talks that were suspended in Qatar last month, and comes just weeks ahead of a NATO summit in Chicago on the future of Afghanistan.

Speaking at a joint press conference with U.S. Special Envoy Marc Grossman and Pakistani Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani, Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Javed Ludin said: “Time is short, peace is urgent.”

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This article was posted: Friday, April 27, 2012 at 10:23 am

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