{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"U.S. Sinks Into Pit of Slime to Negotiate with the Taliban","author_name":"Matthew J. Nasuti (Former U.S. Air Force Captain)","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article163067.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article163067.html'\u003EU.S. Sinks Into Pit of Slime to Negotiate with the Taliban\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOfficially, the U.S. Government does not negotiate with terrorists (except for those occasions when it holds formal talks with them).  Such is the case for the Afghan Taliban, which was declared a FTO (Foreign Terrorist Organization) by U.S. President George W. Bush.  This week Obama Administration officials are meeting in Doha, Qatar with their \u201crespected\u201d adversaries in face to face peace negotiations.  U.S. diplomats, eager to legitimize the Taliban, have agreed that the Taliban can open (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}