{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"De-classified document reveals U.S. courting of Taliban in late 1990s","author_name":"Robert Maier","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article3783.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article3783.html'\u003EDe-classified document reveals U.S. courting of Taliban in late 1990s\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn September, 1996, as the Taliban cemented its control over Afghanistan and began its reign of terror in Kabul, the U.S. State Department sent several pages of memos spelling outs its desire to open good relations with the Talibs.  They reveal a timid and naive powder-puff tone toward one of the most vicious regimes in history. Although some language indicates suspicions of the Talibs, the overall softness and phrases of encouragement seem quite inappropriate for the already (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}