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Talking peace with the Taliban

Mullah Abdul Salem Zaeef has become the acceptable face of the Taliban. By Chris Sands in Kabul

A cemetery lies near the home of Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, the Taliban's former ambassador to Pakistan. It's the kind of place found all across Kabul, which has long been a city of the dead.