Listen to the Webcast Britain in hot water over alleged Taliban meetings again and tick the correct answer

Group these names into these two columns. Provide some arguments to justify your decision.

Listen to the Webcast Britain in hot water over alleged Taliban meetings and do the exercises below.

1) expulsion of	government
2) acting head of	high-ranking foreign officials
3) decision	intelligence service
4) secret	to expel smb
5) eliminate	on the ground
6) analysts	the leadership
7) religious	chiefs
8) tribal	extremists
9) factions	within the Taliban
10) to have	misunderstanding
11) power-sharing	arrangement
12) a more inclusive	a say
13) to resolve	mission

4 b). Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above:

1) The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Sudan is holding talks with government officials over the ________________of two UN representatives accused of espionage.

2) When Fiji's _________________________ came into effect in 1999, they were seen as a path towards ending the country's bitter racial divisions.

3) The former Office of Racial Ethnic Student Affairs has embraced a broader and more ___________ ___________ and has changed its name to the Office of Cultural and Language Affairs.

4) All attempts to unite rival ________________ ________ _________failed due to incompetence of the negotiators.

5) It’s also the responsibility of the interviewer to look out for contradictory or confusing answers and find the way to ____________ ________________________.

Positions	Names
1) a former diplomat	a) Michael Semple
2) a reporter	b) Mervyn Patterson
3) the acting head of the European Union's mission	c) Rory Stewart
4) a senior UN official	d) Stephanie Kennedy
5) a former EU mediator	e) Alastair Crooke

the Afghan Government, the United Nations, the European Union, Taliban insurgents, the Taliban, the European Union's mission, the Kabul administration, Helmand Province, the Civil War period, the Taliban period, America and Europe, a British newspaper, MI6, the British Prime Minister, the Taliban insurgency, Islamist groups, the Afghan Government, the Western forces.

The International Community	Hot Spot Properties

1 Tensions between the Afghan Government and the international community are over A the expulsion of two high-ranking foreign officials B the misconduct of two high-ranking foreign officials C the mistreatment of two high-ranking officials	2 The expelled officials are experts from A the United Nations B the United Nations and the European Union C the European Union
3 Britain may also find itself in direct conflict with the Afghan Government over Aallegations that some of its officials have held meetings with the Taliban. B delegations that some of its officials send to the Taliban. Callegations that some of its officials rendered financial help to the Taliban.	4 The officials in question were officially declared persona non grata A for interference into home policy B for the Kabul administration of threat to national security C for threatening national security
5. Both of them have lived in Afghanistan A for more than 10 years, through the Civil War period B through the Civil War, the Taliban period and the recent government. C through the Civil War and the Taliban period	6. They were able to travel freely in these very dangerous insurgency areas, largely because A they had a reliable interpreter B they were two of the only people who used to have good relationship with the government C they were who were not afraid of travelling all over Afghanistan
7. The reason they are expelled is A they might reveal that there's no support for the Taliban in the south of the country B they might be canvassing against the Afghan Government C they know the real situation in the country which the government doesn’t want to acknowledge.	8. A British newspaper revealed that members of MI6 held meetings A with senior EU members in Afghanistan B with senior Taliban members in Afghanistan C with serious Taliban members
9. That could prove embarrassing for Gordon Brown because A he recently refuted allegations of having any talks with the Taliban B he recently approved all talks with the Taliban C he recently declined the offer to negotiate with the Taliban	10. In his statement Gordon Brown says that Great Britain was trying A to isolate and to eliminate the leadership of the Taliban B to negotiate with the leadership of Taliban C to isolate religious extremists by conducting talks with the leadership of the Taliban
11. Analysts on the ground believe that it makes sense to talk with A religious extremists to persuade them to support the Government B the tribal chiefs to persuade them to support the Government C the religious extremists or the tribal chiefs to persuade them to support the Government	12. The former EU mediator tries to engage in dialogue A with both British and EU negotiating groups B with both peaceful and armed Islamist groups C with both Afghani and EU Islamist groups
13. The former EU mediator believes that there are factions within the Taliban A which seek some sort of power sharing arrangement B which participate in the governance of Afghanistan C which found a way of getting back for the expelled officials	14. He has an opinion that both local government and the European are A to bring a more inclusive government B to stabilise the government of the day C to bring a more decisive government