New Scenery for Breaking the Ice With the Taliban

PARIS — The talks, which are closed to the news media, are meant to offer participants an informal occasion to “project themselves toward the horizon of 2020,” said Camille Grand, the director of the Foundation for Strategic Research, the Paris-based research group that organized the meetings. The Afghans in attendance have come on a personal basis, Mr. Grand said. - Afghan Factions Hold Informal Talks Near Paris - NYTimes
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