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The Taliban and the myth of ‘Al Qaeda’

Posted by smeddum on October 19, 2008

THE TALIBAN AND THE MYTH OF ‘AL QAEDA’. laatan.blogspot
Recently the Taliban have sought to instigate talks that may lead to a settlement in Afghanistan which the US and their allies now concede is unwinable. Part of the concessions the Taliban are willing to make are to disassociate themselves from ‘al Qaeda’. A reader has asked me to comment on this. Here is my response. Read the rest of this entry »

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