{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Unsavory Taliban Deal Likely After the U.S. elections","author_name":"Matthew J. Nasuti (Former U.S. Air Force Captain)","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article104035.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article104035.html'\u003EUnsavory Taliban Deal Likely After the U.S. elections\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELast week, the U.S. Ambassador in Kabul, Ryan Crocker, issued an unusual press statement.  He said, \u201cRumors that the United States has a plan to divide Afghanistan or to change its form of government are, frankly speaking, lies.\u201d This comment was carefully crafted and only addressed whether the Obama Administration had a \u201cformal plan\u201d for these actions.  The rumors are that U.S. officials are actively discussing these issues with the Taliban, the Haqqani network and others, a fact which (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}