US's Desperate bid to purchase elusive peace

Early in February, the man serving as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan on 9/11 flew into London for a round of discreet meetings with experts and officials, before travelling to Scotland for an expenses-paid hunting vacation. Mullah Muhammad Zaeef's hosts at last appeared to have found the “Good Taliban:” men willing to swap cells in Guantánamo for rooms at the Strand Palace Hotel; their Kalashnikovs for sporting rifles; and the black turbans of the pious for tartan caps and wellingtons.

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