In this case, “peace” means negotiating with terrorists to get them to release a US soldier in return for five Taliban senior operatives held at Gitmo. It also means cutting Hamid Karzai out of the loop and eventually handing Afghanistan back to the Taliban.
Jerusalem Post has the story:
DOHA – US Secretary of State John Kerry put the onus on the Taliban to revive stalled efforts to end Afghanistan’s 12-year-old war and warned the militants on Saturday they might lose their new office in Qatar if the peace bid collapsed.
US officials were due to hold preliminary discussions with the Taliban in Qatar last Thursday – but they were called off after the Afghan government objected to the fanfare surrounding the militants’ opening of an office in the Gulf state.
“We need to see if we can get back on track … I don’t know whether that’s possible or not,” Kerry told a news conference in Qatar.
“If there is not a decision … to move forward by the Taliban in short order, then we may have to consider whether or not the office has to be closed.”
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