News about Reconciliation or Peace Talks

April 5, 2012.  "There's no 'I' in Afghan Endgame".  By Candace Rondeaux, The AFPAK Channel.

April 4, 2012.  "Talks with the Taliban: There is no other way". The AFPAK Channel, Foreign Policy.

April 3, 2012.  "Reconciliation and Reintegration". Daily Outlook Afghanistan.

March 29, 2012.  "Second Afghan Insurgent Group Suspends Peace Talks". The New York Times.

March 26, 2012.  "Talking about Talks: Toward a Political Settlement in Afghanistan".  International Crisis Group.

March 16, 2012.  "Ending the Afghan War".  Council on Foreign Relations.

March 11, 2012.  "The drive to turn the Taliban to peace". The Telegraph.  A war correspondent visits Badghis Province with Maj Gen David Hook of the F-RIC of ISAF.

March 8, 2012.  "A new kind of Taliban: An interview with Maulvi Qalamuddin".  AFPAK Channel.

February 21, 2012.  "Ex-head of Taliban police shows more moderate face".  Reuters.  Maulvi Qalmuddin now a member of Afghanistan's High Peace Council.

February 19, 2012.  "Afghan talks to fail without all groups - Hizb-i-Islami".  Reuters.

February 16, 2012.  "Talking with the Taliban, making peace with the guilty".  by Michael Hayden, CNN Opinion.

February 14, 2012.  "Divide and conquer negotiations".  The AFPAK Channel, Foreign Policy. An analysis of the Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) at the negotiating table by David H. Young.

February 13, 2012.  "How Afghan Peace Talks are Splintering the Taliban".  The Daily Beast.

February 11, 2012.  "The truth about Taliban reintegration".  The Telegraph.

February 10, 2012.  "Moderate Taliban: A wolf in sheep's clothing?"  By Rachel Reid, The AFPAK Channel.

February 3, 2012.  "Analysis: Politics drives exit from Afghanistan".  Associated Press.

February 2, 2012.  "Divisions within Taliban make peace elusive".  CBS News.

February 2, 2012.  "Taliban denies it is ready for Afghan peace talks".  USA Today.

February 1, 2012.  "Washington's wishful thinking about Taliban talks".  The Guardian.

February 1, 2012.  "Afghanistan: The Best Way to Peace".  The New York Review of Books.

February 1, 2012.  "Taliban deny they are ready for Afghan peace talks".  USA Today.

January 30, 2012.  "Talking to the Taliban and the trust deficit".  The Guardian.

January 28, 2012.  "The Place of Women in the Afghanistan Peace Process".  Forbes.com.

January 27, 2012.  "Taliban Willing to Compromise, Afghan Negotiators Say".  The New York Times.

January 25, 2012.  "A Taliban 'Rope-a-Dope' Strategy?"  The AFPAK Channel, Foreign Policy.

January 22, 2012.  "Afghan government hints at Taliban talks".  CNN.

January 22, 2012.  "US Envoy: Taliban Must Renounce Terrorism to Participate in Talks".  Voice of America.

January 20, 2012.  "Obama's only way out of Afghanistan is to talk".  The Guardian.

January 18, 2012.  "Enough Already: It's Time to Talk to the Taliban".  By Stephen Hadley and John Podesta.  Foreign Policy.

January 18, 2012.  "The Fog of Peace".  The AFPAK Channel, Foreign Policy.

January 12, 2012.  "Taliban Ready for Afghan Peace Talks". Voice of America.

January 12, 2012.  "Talk to the Taliban".  Reuters.

December 9, 2011.  "Afghan Peace Requires Will and Ideas".  United States Institute of Peace.

October 31, 2011.  "The Afghan talks: moving from semantics to substance".  The Hill's Congress Blog.

October 6, 2011.  "Taliban See Writing on the Wall, U.S. Commander Says".  American Forces Press Service.

October 1, 2011.  "Karzai rules out more Taliban negotiations".  The Guardian.

September 26, 2011.  "Killing Deals Another Blow to Afghan Peace Talks".  NPR.org.

September 26, 2011.  "Is reconciliation finished in Afghanistan?"  The AFPAK Channel.

September 21, 2011.  "Slain Afghan ex-president sought peace". USA Today.

September 21, 2011. "Blow to Afghan Peace Talks?" Council on Foreign Relations.

September 21, 2011.  "Rabbani slaying no deterrent, Clinton says".  UPI.com.

September 21, 2011.  "Killing of former Afghan President Rabbini imperils Taliban peace talks".  The Christian Science Monitor.

September 21, 2011.  "Afghans mourn ex-president slain by suicide bomber".  Forbes.com.

September 18, 2011.  "Southern Afghan Leaders Meet, Discuss Peace, Reintegration".  ISAF.

September 6, 2011.  "Afghan war: What some local officials are willing to do for peace".  The Christian Science Monitor.

June 21, 2011.  "Former feared Taliban enforcer now promoting peace in Afghanistan".  Article about Mauliv Qalamuddin - former head of Afghan Islamic vigilante squads or religious police.

October 12, 2010.  "Afghanistan's Peace and Reconciliation Plan: Can it work?".  South Asia Citizens Web.

October 10, 2010.  "Afghanistan picks chairman for peace council". CNN World.

October 7, 2010.  "Afghan peace council opens as Afghans assess nine years of war".  The Christian Science Monitor.

September 28, 2010.  "Warlords' Peace Council".  Afghanistan Analysts Network.

June 2, 2010.  "Afghanistan peace conference debates talking to Taliban".  The Christian Science Monitor.

June 2, 2010.  "Assessing Peace Prospects in Afghanistan". Center for American Progress.