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24 November 2010updated 27 Sep 2015 5:40am

How do we negotiate with the Taliban . . .

. . . if we can’t identify their leaders?

By Mehdi Hasan

Had I watched such a story unfold on Spooks or 24, I would have shaken my head in disbelief and wondered how the scriptwriters thought they could get away with such a silly and unrealistic tale.

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