FROM THE SEATTLE TIMES (AuĀgust 6, 2013, page A4): āTalĀiban seĀcretly talking to Kabul govĀernĀment.ā Thatās present tense ātalking,ā meaning itās supĀposĀedly hapĀpening now! Is this, like, an exĀample of some form of AsĀsoĀciĀated Press, in-house irony? I mean, if itās in every newsĀpaper in the world that has an AP line, then it aināt all that āseĀcret,ā is it?
I know! Itās not irony at allābecause there is no media in Afghanistan, this IS a seĀcret to the Afghanis, kept from them.
Or, perĀhaps, itās reĀally APās idea of more in-house cogĀniĀtive dissonance . . .
Postscript
The acĀtual AP piece dated AuĀgust 5, 2013, reads: āThe TalĀiban have held seĀcret talks with repĀreĀsenĀtaĀtives of Afghan PresĀiĀdent Hamid Karzai to try to jumpĀstart a peace process that stumĀbled and stalled at the starting gate, acĀcording to Afghan ofĀfiĀcials and a seĀnior TalĀiban representative.
The disĀcusĀsions with memĀbers of the Afghan High Peace Council have so far been unĀofĀfiĀcial and preĀlimĀiĀnary, seen as an atĀtempt to agree on conĀdiĀtions for formal talks. But they do sugĀgest an inĀterest on both sides in proĀceeding, or at least toying, with a peace process that has been mired in conĀtroĀversy since the ofĀfiĀcial opening of a TalĀiban poĀlitĀical ofĀfice in June in the Gulf naĀtion of Qatar. ā
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