Re: The Hobart Taliban . The following comments were posted yesterday on the open thread. . — . ..…

'The Taliban was there long before we came in,' Gabbard added. 'They're going to be there long before we leave. We cannot keep US troops deployed to Afghanistan thinking that we're going to somehow squash this Taliban that's been there, that every other country that's tried has failed.' . ..…

The political and military realities that prompted U.S to accept Taliban's preferred sequencing of talks first between U.S and Taliban, then among Afghan parties have not changed, and this approach remains the only option for starting peace process among Afghans... The priorities for EU..…

Significantly, pamphlets of the Punjab Chapter of the Tehreek-e-Taliban () were found from the place of assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti. ..…

The report documents the harm to civilians caused by Taliban's violent offensive to disrupt the election, and highlights pattern of abductions, threats, intimidation and harassment carried out by Taliban against civilians leading up to and during the 6. ... The report documents the harm..…