Experts: Taliban talks will be toughleslielapides
A day after Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the United States is in preliminary talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan to quell the violence, experts say don't expect miracle results.
Michael O'Hanlon, a national security expert at the nonpartisan Brookings Institution, said negotiating with "Taliban Central" will be difficult, especially because of the hard-core ideology espoused by Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Omar and the powerful Haqqani network.
An effective strategy the U.S. and its allies can employ is reaching out to local insurgents, O'Hanlon said.
Via: This Just In
