Negotiating with the Taliban

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Originally Posted by finnbow

Iran is the world's biggest state sponsor of terrorism and the Contras were not a nation. And yes, the Taliban were the leaders of a nation when we went to war with them. In fact, that was the reason we went to war with them (their nation, Afghanistan, was a safe haven for OBL).

They WERE the leadership of Afghanistan before they were forcibly removed. They are NOW a fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan, and as this weekend's activity demonstrates, still very much interested in terrorism.

While Iran maybe a STATE sponsor of terrorism, they are still a STATE.