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It's time to talk to the Taliban

After almost ten years of war in Afghanistan, coalition leaders and Afghan president Hamid Karzai are beginning to talk about talking to the Taliban. Some see this as a sensible and humane course of action – a way to end the bloodshed and move towards peace in the region, which will have to involve bringing the Taliban back into the fold if it is to last. Others see it as an admission of defeat, a surrender to the Taliban’s unacceptable regime and a concession to terrorists, as well as a betrayal of ordinary Afghans and the hundreds of coalition soldiers who have already died.

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