TALIBAN ARRESTS STOP PEACE TALKS

"... recent arrests of high-ranking Taliban figures by Pakistan had severed important secret communications between the Taliban and the West meant to foster peace negotiations.... the United Nations had been quietly involved in early discussions with the Taliban in Dubai. He said those talks were upended by the arrests of senior Taliban leaders, including the group’s second in command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar... "
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/20/world/asia/20afghan.html?sudsredirect=true