{"id":100960,"date":"2017-08-15T18:14:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T16:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=100960"},"modified":"2017-08-15T18:14:49","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T16:14:49","slug":"taliban-sends-open-letter-to-pres-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=100960","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Sends Open Letter To Pres. 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