CHINOOK OPERATION - U.S. and Afghan forces wait to board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter before an operation to rid insurgents from the Panjwa'i district in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, Oct. 15, 2010. The U.S. forces are assigned to the Special Operations Task Force South. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel P. ShookU.S. Officials, Experts: No High-Level Afghan Peace Talks Under Way -- McClatchy News
WASHINGTON — Despite news reports of high-level talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government, no significant peace negotiations are under way in Afghanistan, U.S. officials and Afghanistan experts said Thursday.
These same experts said the reports, which appeared in a number of U.S. media outlets, could be part of a U.S. "information strategy" to divide and weaken the Taliban leadership.
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