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On-Again, Off-Again Talks with the Taliban
With players including the Karzai government, the Taliban, Pakistan and India, we thread our way through US efforts to end 12 years of war in Afghanistan.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenWe thread our way through American efforts to end 12 years of war in Afghanistan. With players including the Karzai government, the Taliban, Pakistan and India, we look at the host of challenges facing American diplomacy as the fighting goes on. Also, the Supreme Court sends affirmative action case back to the Appeals Court, and fugitive leaker Edward Snowden, who has complicated US relations with China and Russia in the name of open government.
Banner image: Muhammad Naeem (2nd R), a spokesman for the Office of the Taliban of Afghanistan, stands next to a translator speaking during the opening of the Taliban Afghanistan Political Office in Doha June 18, 2013. Photo: Mohammed Dabbous/Reuters
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2 storiesOn-Again, Off-Again Talks with the Taliban
Efforts to end America's 12-year war in Afghanistan are on shakier ground than ever. When the US arranged talks in Qatar between the Taliban and Afghanistan's current government, President Obama called it "an important first step in reconciliation."
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In the professed interest of government transparency and with help from WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, Edward Snowden has fled from China to Russia and reportedly plans to seek refuge in Ecuador after landing in Cuba, all countries with draconian limits on freedom of information.
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