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U.N. Dispatch: The Bloody Hands of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Part Two

Compared to the opaque nature of meetings between UN representatives and members of the Taliban (meetings the UN has confirmed but the Taliban still deny ever took place), the Hezb-i-Islami talks are comparatively transparent –but only in relative terms. Journalists have struggled to wrest details afterward, and civil society has been shut out, angering progressive elements in Afghan society. Even most Afghan politicians have been forced to rely on the international media for updates. more