Maldives: Taliban met with Afghan gov't envoys

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Source: AP

Taliban representatives held peace talks with Afghan government envoys at the end of January on a resort island in the Maldives, a spokesman for the president of the Indian Ocean nation said Wednesday.

The three-day talks were aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the ongoing Afghan war, but the Maldivian government was not directly involved with them, spokesman Mohamed Zuhair said.

Each side was represented by about a dozen people, Zuhair said, adding that there were "unconfirmed reports" that a U.N. official was also present.

The outgoing U.N. chief in Afghanistan, Kai Eide, reportedly met with Taliban representatives at the same time that the Maldivian meeting took place...

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So, if Karzai makes peace with the Taliban and brings them into the government, exactly how have we changed Afghanistan?