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back-channel

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back channel
n.
A means by which actions, especially in government and diplomacy, are carried out secretly rather than through regular avenues of communication.

back-channel (bkchnl) adj. & v.
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Adj.1.back-channel - via a back channel; "the failure of back-channel negotiations"


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13 (ANI): Before launching a full-scale military operation in South Waziristan, the Pakistan Government has initiated back-channel negotiations with Taliban commanders in North Waziristan in order to isolate insurgents of the Baitullah group.
The US Central Intelligence Agency helped arrange back-channel intelligence exchanges between India and Pakistan in the wake of the Mumbai attacks in order to avoid conflict between the two nations, The Washington Post reported.
The US Central Intelligence Agency helped arrange back-channel intelligence exchanges between India and Pakistan in the wake of the Mumbai attacks in order to avoid conflict between the two nations, The Washington Post reported.
 
 
 
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