Sept 21, 2015 International Day of Peace Celebration at Lyceum University Cavite, Philippines

Sept 21, 2015 International Day of Peace Celebration at Lyceum University Cavite, Philippines
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Monday, October 3, 2011

Karzai to Focus on Governments in Peace Talks, as he said, "The real power to make peace lies with "governments, not their proxies"

Karzai to Focus on Governments in Peace Talks - WSJ.com: "The evolving policy shift emerged after last month's assassination of Burhanuddin Rabbani, the former Afghan president who was chosen by Mr. Karzai* to lead peace talks with the Taliban.

Mr. Rabbani was killed in his Kabul home by a purported Taliban emissary who claimed to be carrying a message from top Taliban leaders in Quetta, Pakistan, about their willingness to launch substantive negotiations.

The Afghan government has accused the Taliban of organizing the killing with the aid of Pakistan's spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate. The Pakistani government has rejected the allegations, while the Taliban have declined to confirm or deny their involvement in the assassination.

Since then, the Karzai administration said it will drop its efforts to engage the Pakistan-based Taliban and would instead focus on speaking directly to Pakistan

*Afghan President Hamid Karzai