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Richard Holbrooke: “If somebody wants to be reintegrated or reconciled, they have to accept the constitution and they have to renounce…”

On the recordJuly 13, 2010
If somebody wants to be reintegrated or reconciled, they have to accept the constitution and they have to renounce violence.
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Richard Holbrooke

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Holbrooke outlines conditions for reconciliation with the Taliban.

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