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For those who think that negotiations are worth trying and that so-called moderate Taliban can be coaxed to break ranks with their extremist leaders, there is a hopeful precedent. Starting in early 2007, tens of thousands of Iraqi insurgents were persuaded to lay down their weapons in exchange for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Talking with the Taliban: Easier Said Than Done | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

The Taliban leadership, needless to say, has greeted all this with a snort of derision. "The mujahedin of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan are not mercenaries," said Mullah Brader Akhund in a statement. "This war will come to an end when all invaders leave our country and an Islamic government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Talking with the Taliban: Easier Said Than Done | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

So far, the new policy has focused on low-level Taliban fighters. But there have been moves to engage the insurgency's leaders too. In a sign of mounting frustration with Karzai's government, Obama recently requested an analysis of Afghanistan's provinces to determine which of them had leaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Talking with the Taliban: Easier Said Than Done | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

The al-Qaeda Connection Other key Taliban demands will be less easy to meet. In any negotiations, for example, the Taliban would want to see a timeline for the withdrawal of international forces. The problem there, Hekmat Karzai says, is that "Afghans know that if the international soldiers leave we...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Talking with the Taliban: Easier Said Than Done | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

Cooley was one of the original smoke jumpers, firefighters who parachute into remote blazes, often in deep wilderness. His first attempt was less than perfect--which was perhaps not surprising, considering that he had never been in an airplane before he took his practice runs. In July 1940, Cooley and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Earl Cooley | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

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