PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The Taliban are feeding off resentment in Afghanistan's biggest ethnic group and their insurgency is developing into a war of liberation against U.S.-led NATO troops, a senior Pakistani official said.
International forces have failed to make headway against al Qaeda or the Taliban and eventually negotiations will have to take place, said Ali Mohammad Jan Orakzai, governor of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan.
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