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Euro Envoys Booted by Afghanis for Taliban Talks

Diplomatic row over alleged Taliban meeting

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 26, 2007 7:43 AM CST

(Newser) – European officials were scrambling today to block Afghanistan's ordered expulsion of two high-ranking foreign officials because of an alleged link to Taliban insurgents, the BBC reports. Afghan authorities claim that the men, one an Irish envoy from the EU and the other a British UN... Read full story »

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