Exclusive: Taliban mediators, Afghan and Western officials in secret talks - 26 Feb 09

As the Afghan foreign minister meets his US counterpart in Washington, Al Jazeera has learnt of secret talks between Taliban-linked mediators and Afghan officials, which could lead to wider negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban.

The deal involves the return to Afghanistan of Gulbbaldin Hekmatyar, the former prime minister, whose forces fight alongside the Taliban.

It involves a complex and delicate round of meetings from the heart of Afghanistan to Dubai, London and Saudi Arabia.

From Kabul James Bays has this exclusive report.

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[TheALISHABALISHA]

@conkerdude891 - The taliban are evil for helping al-qeada. so Nato and most of the Western countries are evil for helping al-qeada take over Libya and implementing Sharia?

Al-qeada was invented by the CIA to fight the Russians it is called ALciada.

Pashtuns are very Brave fighters.

[TheALISHABALISHA]

@conkerdude891 - The Taliban are evil because they helped Alqeada? So NATO and all the countries who attacked Libya are also evil because they helped Alqeada to invade and now occupy a whole country. lol. Bless your poor socks. Alciada is CIA. It was invented by them to fight the Russians. It was just a pretext to invade Afghanistan for other reasons. The Pushtuns are known for being strong and warrior like.

[conkerdude891]

@Sh012222 go suck a dick. obama is an idiot because he keeps saying he'll withdraw the trooops and yet he never does and instead of focusing on the economy his worried about the civil war in libya. i say he should let the rebels solve their own problems instead of solving it for them

[Sh012222]

@conkerdude891 - CALM DOWN KEYBOARD WARRIOR, WE KNOW HOW TOUGH YOU ARE. GO BACK AND PLAY YOUR XBOX.

[conkerdude891]

@JJFP1 no. the american military never lost a war. so the u.s. military is all-powerful since thety've got tanks,jets and bombs unlike the measley taliban.

[conkerdude891]

the taliban and al-qaeda r evil and they must be wiped off the earth.not only that but the u.s should nuke pakistan iran and syrai since they help the terrorists .obama is stupid since he deosn't give the u.s. airforce permission tonuke the countries that sponsor terrorism.

[conkerdude891]

@talibanme u r wrong. the taliban r evil for helping al-quaeda.

[OldSchoolPking]

@JJFP1 THE AFGHANISTAN belongs to the pashtuns not hazara and tajik

[jjovereats]

Interlacing in this video hurts me

[6510686]

talimpan have greek blood in their souls from the soldiers of great alexanter thats why they figth untill the win -NIKI