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Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been trying to initiate peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban, aimed at ending a decade of violence.

Semple, who had lived in the region for more than 20 years, was expelled from Afghanistan for holding secret talks with elements of the Taliban aimed at persuading them to take part in peace negotiations.

While the Pakistani analysis agreed with Mr. Blair's conclusion that Al Qaeda's ability to conduct large-scale attacks against the United States was most likely degraded, it also signaled no cessation to the attacks by Al Qaeda and the Pakistani Taliban aimed at undermining Pakistan's government.

Ghani's government has come under increasing pressure as the Taliban insurgency, aimed at expelling foreign forces and bringing down the Western-backed government, has spread since NATO ended its combat mission last year.

But the attack on a schoolgirl could expose the wider agenda of the Pakistani Taliban, which is aimed at imposing medieval-style Islam on the country.

The Taliban tactics seemed aimed at creating as wide an impact as possible without engaging in direct battles with the Afghan security forces.

With the crumbling of Taliban control, talks aimed at a broad-based coalition in Kabul were expected to get under way early next week in Germany.

NATO and Afghan troops are expected to undertake a major offensive in Kandahar in the coming months, and it is believed that the recent Taliban attacks are aimed at challenging the writ of the government ahead of the planned offensive.

The American shift toward a more peripheral role in peace efforts represents another retreat from Washington's once broad designs for Afghanistan, where the surge, along with a sharp escalation of nighttime raids by Special Operations Forces against Taliban field commanders, were partly aimed at forcing the Taliban into negotiations, making a Western withdrawal more feasible.

In both cases, the Pentagon said the bombing was aimed at Taliban and Qaeda fugitives, possibly including Mr. bin Laden.

That was in response to an airstrike in Helmand Province that was aimed at Taliban insurgents but killed several civilians, including women and children.