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Published 11/07/2009 by Guardian.co.uk

It's time to talk to the Taliban

There is much evidence that the Taliban are less a fundamentalist religious group dedicated to sponsoring al-Qaida in international jihad and more an amalgam of groups seeking to fight foreign occupation and reassert the traditional dominance of the Pashtun...

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