Afghan opposition urges caution in Taliban talks

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Afghan opposition urges caution in Taliban talks

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Three prominent Afghan opposition leaders warned against trusting the Taliban in peace talks.

10 January,2012 04:54 am

Former Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum and two other members of the Afghan National Front said Monday it would be naive to exclude the possibility that the Taliban are using negotiations to assuage the US government while troops are being withdrawn, while planning to resurge after they are gone at the end of 2014.The comments come a week after the Taliban announced plans to open a political office in Qatar to hold talks with the USThe Afghans met with a group of four members of the US House of Representatives in a follow-up to a December conference in Bonn for private talks not sanctioned by the US State Department.