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Pakistan says Taliban leader will talk to U.S.

Jul. 10, 2009
Pakistan's military has declared that not only is it in contact with Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar but that it can bring him and other commanders to the negotiating table with the United States.
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