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Pakistan: Negotiation with the Talibans

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 @ 20:43 UTC

by Rezwan

Countries:: Pakistan
Topics:: War & Conflict, International Relations
Languages:: English

Pro Pakistan opines: “NATO and Americans have always objected on Pakistan for negotiating with the Talibans but the irony of the matter is that today they are themselves calling for negotiations with the Talibans including Mullah Omer.”

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M Junaid Khan

Thanks Rezwan for highlighting this issue at such an important platform. I think we need to highlight these double standards of the Western military forces in dealing with Pakistan.

# 2008-10-8 at 3:56 am

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