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This is me not wishing misstemperance a happy birthday. Because it's not her birthday. Honest.

I am given to understand that her birthday has in fact been officially postponed for 24 hours, mostly so that it coincides with the actual celebration, which will be happening in a certain Coventry pub tomorrow night. :)

So instead I'll just wish her a very happy honest-it's-not-my-birthday-yet, followed by a happy birthday and a pint or two tomorrow. :)

From the BBC

US offers olive branch to Taleban

The US ambassador to Afghanistan says that members of the Taleban who disarm will not be punished.

Fair enough. But the interesting bit is the neatly pointed comment they've sneaked in a paragraph or two later...

"It is not clear on what legal basis Mr Khalilzad, in his role as a representative of a foreign country, made his offer to the Taleban."

That's one way of putting it, yes.