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- 1 2 Ron Synovitz (8 January 2009). "Afghanistan: A First Step Toward 'Turning' Moderate Taliban?". Radio Free Europe.
Afghan authorities met with four former senior Taliban leaders, thought to be moderate members of the ousted regime, in a bid to get more hardened fighters to surrender. The Taliban's former unofficial envoy to the UN, Abdul Hakim Mujahid, former Deputy Higher Education Minister Arsullah Rahmani, former Deputy Minister of Refugees Rahmatullah Wahidyar, and Habibullah Fawzi, former charge d'affaires at the Afghan Embassy in Saudi Arabia, met with authorities in Kabul.
- ↑ Mohamad Bazzi (7 January 2002). "Taliban by Any Other Name?". Newsday. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013.
Their choice of a venue for the December announcement highlighted the presence of many ex-Taliban leaders who not only had sought refuge in Pakistan but also intended to resume political activities. To many analysts, the group's public presence in Pakistan underscored this country's long history of support for the Taliban and Islamabad's uneasiness about the makeup of the new Afghan government.
- ↑ Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri (5 April 2002). "Taliban in a new name?". Daily Excelsior. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012.
- ↑ Sultan Sarwar, Golnaz Esfandiari (4 March 2005). "Afghanistan: RFE/RL Interviews Former Taliban Involved In Reconciliation Talks". Radio Free Europe.
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- ↑ Lianne Gutcher, Dean Nelson (20 September 2011). "Turban bomber kills former Afghan president". The Telegraph (UK).