BBC NEWS | South Asia | US to pay Taliban to switch sides - 0 views
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Washington has authorised $1.3bn (£691m) for the fund.
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Such payments have already been widely used by US commanders in Iraq, but it is the first time the system is being formally adopted in Afghanistan
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The deaths make October the deadliest month for American forces in the eight-year war in Afghanistan
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