LONDON (Reuters) – The arrests of senior Afghan Taliban members in Pakistan have stopped most talks between the insurgents and U.N. representatives, the former head of the U.N. mission in Afghanistan said in a BBC interview. Norwegian Kai Eide, who stepped down this month, said talks dried up several weeks ago after more than a [...]
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Plans to engage the Taliban in talks have gathered pace, with Afghanistan inviting members to a peace council and reports of a secret UN meeting. At a key Afghanistan summit in London, President Hamid Karzai vowed to reach out to "disenchanted brothers". A UN official told news agencies special envoy Kai Eide had met Taliban [...]