Peace Talk Meetings
In 2010, meetings were arranged to begin peace talks with the Afghani President, Hamid Karzai, and the Commander of US and ISAF forces in Afghanistan, David Petraeus. During the meeting, the man who they believed was Mullah Mansoor was in reality a shopkeeper from Quetta, who just swindled them for lots of money and made a fool out of everyone, including Petraeus. According to sources, the impostor met with Afghan and NATO officials three times, including once with Karzai before they discovered his real identity.
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