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January 03, 2012

USA Today: Taliban may be ready to try talking

by Oren Dorell
USA Today

Taliban plans to open an office in Qatar may be a sign that after 10 years of war with the United States in Afghanistan, the extremist insurgent group could be trying to achieve through talks what it can't get through battle, foreign policy analysts say.

"Both sides are feeling war weary," says Stephen Biddle, a policy adviser to the military command in Afghanistan in 2009.

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