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Ex-PM Says Taliban Offer Talks For Pullout Date

Gareth Porter: The Taliban leadership is ready to negotiate peace with the United States right now if Washington indicates its willingness to provide a timetable for complete withdrawal, according to a former Afghan prime minister

U.S. Refusal of 2001 Taliban Offer Gave bin Laden a Free Pass

By Gareth Porter

Gareth Porter: When George W. Bush rejected a Taliban offer to have Osama bin Laden tried by a moderate group of Islamic states in mid- October 2001, he gave up the only opportunity the United States would have to end bin Laden’s terrorist career for the next nine years.

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Ex-PM Says Taliban Offer Talks For Pullout Date

U.S. Refusal of 2001 Taliban Offer Gave bin Laden a Free Pass

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