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Claims of secret talks with Taliban exaggerated: ex-UN envoy
A bitter argument over secret talks with the Taliban broke out last night when a former UN official said claims that the arrest of militants by Pakistan had wrecked progress towards peace in Afghanistan were nonsense.Peter Galbraith told
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Pakistan arrests ended UN talks with Taliban: ex-UN envoy
The arrest of key Taliban leaders in Pakistan put a halt to secret peace talks with the United Nations, the former UN special representative to Afghanistan said Friday in an interview with the BBC. Kai Eide, who stepped down from the post
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Departing UN envoy has strong words for Afghan government: report
The departing U.N. envoy to Afghanistan said Thursday that the nation's leaders must "clean up their own house" and warned that U.S.-led military operations must not jeopardize political efforts toward reconciliation with the Taliban.At a
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