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According to the Washington Times, the US is welcoming the Taliban back into the fold in Afghanistan.

The United States has released from custody in Afghanistan the former Taliban foreign minister as part of a strategy to recruit elements of the former regime into the U.S.-backed government of President Hamid Karzai.

Afghan and Pakistani officials said the Karzai government has been negotiating with the former minister, Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil, to entice elements of the Taliban to join the government.

The Asia Times has been reporting about the wooing of the Taliban by the Karzai government for several months now, so this news does not come as a shock. Nonetheless, it puts the lie to our "moral clarity" in this war on terror...