More on this story. Reservations about negotiating with the Taliban are, of course, more than reasonable, but there is the principle of the matter in our “friend and ally” Karzai’s behavior. “Secret U.S.-Taliban talks were closing on deal to free kidnapped army sergeant before being scuppered by Karzai aides,” by Oliver Pickup for the Daily … Continue reading Afghanistan: Karzai ordered leak of info that wrecked deal to release U.S. soldier captured by Taliban, angry at not being included in talks