Taliban Denies Negotiating, or Being Willing to Negotiate, In a statement published in the latest issue of the Taliban monthly Al-Sumud, Taliban Deputy Commander Mullah Berader claimed that "the Islamic Emirate [Taliban] is not conducting any negotiations with the Americans, NATO, or the collaborationist Karzai administration." Posted at: November 12, 2008 The full text of this blog post is available to subscribers. Please login or register to request subscription information from MEMRI.