Talian refuses to hold meetings with Afghan Government

As of recently the Taliban has held meetings and plans to hold meetings with the united states regarding peace efforts. Afghanistans president Karzai publicly announced that the Afghan government has also held talks with the Taliban and that the U.S. Afghanistan and Taliban have all been in on these talks. However, a Taliban spokesperson denounced this statement saying the Taliban has never and will never negotiate with Karzais government. The taliban also states that this was a propaganda move and to show who still holds power in Afghanistan which they say basically they have and that Karzai has little power. If Karzai believes these talks did in fact happen then there is a fake Taliban member and they are not willing to in fact work with him. This is important because the Taliban clearly thinks they have the power in Afghanistan but do the Afghani people think this? Do the Afghani people think Karzai has the power? It will be interesting to see if the Taliban will ever work with Afghanistan and if they will ever reach any agreements with the United States.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/16/world/asia/afghanistan-taliban-us/index.html?hpt=wo_c2

Katie Kruse