Written by Robert Spencer

"He told reporters on Monday that Washington was still trying to determine if the Taliban were ready for talks." Wow, that's a tough one! "Afghan forces put down attack on presidential palace: police," by Mirwais Harooni for Reuters, June 25 (thanks to Jerk Chicken):

(Reuters) - Afghan forces put down an early morning attack by Taliban insurgents on the presidential palace and nearby buildings in central Kabul on Tuesday, with police saying all the assailants had been killed after a 90-minute gunfight.

A Reuters reporter... http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/06/afghanistan-taliban-attack-presidentia...