NPLI

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Talks between the Afghan Taliban and the United States in Qatar almost failed as the Talibanbarbour jackets leadership reportedly refused to accept the U.S. demand of a ceasefire before swapping prisoners. Sources in the Afghan Taliban said the Taliban had set uphttp://www.shopbarbourjackets.com an office in Qatar hoping that it would help in a prisoners' swap, especially for their five top commanders held at the Guantanamo Bay base since 2002. The Taliban sources said their talks with the U.S. had been going for the past few years in exchange for an American soldier, Bowe barbour quilted jacketBergdahl, captured by Taliban militants in Afghanistan's Paktika province in June 2009, bordering Pakistan's South Waziristan. Maulvi Sangeen, a senior commander of the powerful Haqqani terror network, had initially claimed responsibility forwww.officialbarbourshop.com kidnapping the U.S. soldier. The Taliban sources said U.S. officials had earlier promised them they would exchange prisoners and later start peace talks. However, according to the sources, the U.S. demanded barbour coatsthat the Taliban announce a ceasefire in Afghanistan before any prisoner swap, which they said their central leadership had turned down. "Our stance is the same. We will announce http://www.barbourjacketsshop.coma ceasefire when the foreign forces start their withdrawal from Afghanistan," a Taliban source said.