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Shadow government
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August 19, 2009
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Afghanistan |
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War |
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News |
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Politics |
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Eight years since their fall, the Taleban remain a force to be reckoned with in Afghanistan. 2009 saw a peak in insurgent-related violence, with suicide attacks, random bombings and ambushes causing more civilian deaths than military actions. On the one hand, coalition soldiers are engaged in fierce battles to try and disrupt insurgent activities and networks. But on the other, in diplomatic and political circles speculation grows of ongoing negotiations with moderate elements of the religious movement.
Shortly prior to the August, 2009 presidential and provincial elections -which the Taleban strongly opposed-, and in order to better understand the nature of the Islamist insurgency, Weast paid a visit to one of their former ministers and ex-Guantanamo detainee currently living in Kabul. Abdul Salam Zaeef tells our reporter that the Taleban can exert control over all Afghan provinces, and that a ‘shadow government’ is leading the war. He also stresses the need to talk to the Taleban. Gianluca Grossi reports.
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