Karzai told to talk with the Taliban
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The British Government has suggested that the government of Hamid Karzai should talk to the Taliban leadership, the so-called "Quetta Shura", in an attempt to bring insurgents into the political process.
The initiative is a step up from previous calls for rank-and-file Taliban, who are not doctrinaire jihadists, to be offered amnesty, but the Foreign Office does not say that direct negotiations should be held with Mullah Omar, the former head of Afghanistan's Taliban regime, who is now directing the biggest of the insurgent groups.
The British Government is also pressing for former Taliban members to be removed from a United Nations blacklist. Those on the list cannot travel freely and can be arrested under an international licence. This is seen as a major hindrance to talks.
A leaked Foreign Office memo says: "We must weaken and divide the Taliban if we are to reduce the insurgency to a level that can be managed and contained by the Afghan security forces. This can be achieved by a combination of military pressure and clear signals that the option of an honourable exit from the fight exists."
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Sounds like the Talibans plan.
Typical of New labour trying to use another person's idea.
made up by those Northern Alliance warlords and their Indian mentors who do not want Karzai to open talks with
the Taliban. In eight years since the Taliban have been out of power but not isolated from the rest of Pashtuns.
Mullah Umar has realized that things are different from the 90s when the country was completely shattered and
there was no sense of direction. Today people besides security are also looking for socio-economic freedom and that Mullah Umar understands. But what we have here is the arrogance of some warlords and their US mentors
who will place obstacles to prevent Karzai from opening talks.
The gov and media usually refer to them as the "taliban". But these insurgents more likely to be groups of linked clans from various southern regions, who dont wanted to be occupied and put under the control of Karzai (USA/UK).
Ultimately, there is no option but deal with them diplomatically. But first the USA will have to drop Karzai as the president of Afghanistan and then negotiate security of pipelines, control over the poppy fields, US access to the Iranian border for spying, etc, etc ...
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