U.S. and Afghan troops carry a wounded U.S. soldier through a dust cloud to a helicopter after he was injured by a roadside bomb in Kandahar Province on October 13. Photo from Radio Free EuropeElements Of Taliban Are 'Ready' To Talk Peace, Key Afghan Negotiator Says -- MSNBC
'We are taking our first steps,' head of new peace council says.
A former Afghan president who heads a new peace council said Thursday that he's convinced the Taliban are ready to negotiate peace.
Burhanuddin Rabbani told reporters in Kabul that the Taliban have not completely rejected the idea of negotiating a nonmilitary resolution of the war.
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