Needless to say, I'm very skeptical of this story. If true at all, such a ploy would be either to effect U.S. elections, or to allow them time to regroup. No way the murderers in charge of the Taliban are just going to give up their power. No way.
TALIBAN leaders have reportedly been in secret talks about ending the Afghan war in a peace process sponsored by Saudi Arabia and supported by Britain.
The unprecedented negotiations involve a senior former Taliban member acting as a go-between, according to the Observer newspaper.
He has been travelling between the Afghan capital Kabul, Saudi Arabia and European capitals, and the bases of the Taliban senior leadership in Pakistan.
The Taliban are understood to have submitted a list of 11 conditions for ending hostilities, which include demands to be allowed to run key ministries and a programmed withdrawal of Western troops.
The go-between has spent weeks ferrying lists of demands and counter-demands between parties. He has visited London to speak to Foreign Office and MI6 personnel.
However, the Observer reported the talks had lost momentum over the intense summer fighting season.
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