Following the summit, different factions, including the movement's political office in Qatar, denied that the Taliban delegation represented the movement.
He is trying to persuade all ethnic Albanian factions -- including the rebel army -- to accept Mr. Rugova's leadership.
After the coup, an Army officer, Abdel Salaam Aref — the head of a coalition of competing factions, including the Baathists — seized power.
By 1834 several anti-Jackson factions, including the National Republican Party and the Anti-Masonic Party, had coalesced into the Whig Party.
Officials associated with the military takeover say they want all factions, including the Islamists, to participate in forming a government and competing for a new Parliament.
This week he met all the Palestinian factions, including the Islamists of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, the most powerful force in Palestinian politics after Fatah.
Santos has called for a dialogue with all political factions, including the no campaign led by his fiercest critic, former president Álvaro Uribe.
The main rebel group, the Sudan Liberation Army, splintered into factions including the SLA-MM led by Minnawi, and the SLA-AW under Abdel Wahid Mohammed Abdel Wahid Mohammed
He has also been holding meetings with all Palestinian factions, including the radical Hamas and Islamic Jihad, in an effort to forge a common front.
There was concern in the administration that Mr. Rumsfeld's comments could complicate Washington's dealings with other factions, including the dominant Pashtun group, which has close ties to Pakistan.
