Talk to moderate Taliban, says minister

The Netherlands and other western countries should make contact with more moderate members of the Taliban, Foreign Minister Ben Bot said yesterday at the start of a visit to Afghanistan.


The Netherlands has just taken over leadership of the UN peacekeeping mission in Uruzgan.

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