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Pakistan Taliban arrests 'strategic move'

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Kai Eide, the Norwegian diplomat sent to Afghanistan by the UN in the midst of a growing crisis between Afghanistan and the international community, is leaving his role.

Mr Eide criticised Pakistan for arresting high ranking Taliban leaders involved in talks to open dialogue with the West.

Michael Semple, former EU head of missions in Afghanistan, gives his opinion of how Pakistan's arrest of Taliban leaders affected reconciliation.

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