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Conflict Resolution & Negotiation : Kerry sought Pakistan’s help to press the Taliban

        Dr Fawad Kaiser U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry sought Pakistan's help to press the Taliban into opening peace negotiations with Karzai's representatives. The Taliban's leadership is believed to be living in Pakistan. One of the Taliban negotiators Mullah Abbas Stanikzai met last month with a senior member of the High Peace Council in Dubai and tried to jump start a peace process. He declared that the two tried to reconcile differences and paved the way for an official meeting. While Sartaj Aziz, adviser to Pakistan's prime minister on national security and foreign affairs, told "It is at a very fragile place right now." The Taliban marked opening of their political office in Qatar by f...

October 3, 2013 at 11:04 am | News Desk