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December 26, 2007
PC Gets Heave Ho in Afghanistan
“Britain in secret talks with the Taliban,” by Thomas Harding & Tom Coghlan, Telegraph (London, UK),
Agents from MI6 entered secret talks with Taliban leaders despite Gordon Brown's pledge that Britain would not negotiate with terrorists, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. Officers from the Secret Intelligence Service staged discussions, known as ''jirgas'', with senior insurgents on several occasions over the summer. *** ''The SIS officers were understood to have sought peace directly with the Taliban with them coming across as some sort of armed militia. The British would also provide 'mentoring' for the Taliban."'' *** The delicate balance in Afghanistan was underlined as it emerged that two diplomats had been ordered by the Kabul government to leave the country after allegations that they had met Taliban insurgents without the administration's knowledge. *** The pair, a top European Union official and a United Nations staff member, were declared "persona non grata" and said to be "threatening national security".
Posted by Post Scripts at December 26, 2007 10:16 PM