The Taliban has claimed to leak secret details of an upcoming Afghan meeting in an effort to disrupt it. A tribal elder meeting is going to be held in Kabul to discuss the possibility of long term US military presence in Afghanistan and peaceful negotiations. This meeting would be a great step towards developing good relations between the United States and Afghanistan, and the meeting will likely affect the decisions of President Karzai. However, in an attempt to prevent this meeting, the Taliban has claimed that it has leaked serious security details of the meeting. The documents included a detailed satellite map of the area and supposed details of the security arrangements. The Afghan Interior Ministry has stated that the documents that were "leaked" are fake and do not contain accurate information. The Taliban has long threatened to disrupt the meetings through violent means. They have threatened to carry out suicide attacks in several places that could last for hours, rocket attacks in Kabul, and an infiltration of the Taliban into security forces. The Taliban has promised to use any means necessary to disrupt the meeting.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/13/world/afghanistan-taliban-leak/index.html?hpt=wo_c2
by Rachel Foy
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