Mervyn Patterson
latest news & developmentsWe can persuade Taliban to be peaceful, says aid worker
Two-thirds of the Taliban-led insurgents in Afghanistan can be persuaded to abandon violence, according to a British aid worker expelled from the country for opening talks with…
UN push to stop Afghan expulsions in Taliban row
United Nations officials were on Wednesday night working to prevent the expulsion from Afghanistan of two senior Western diplomats who have been accused of holding illegal talks…