http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default...-12-2006_pg7_2
Interesting, the Taliban are now giving a job offer to Karzai!
By removing the most popular party and giving power to an unpopular one, Afghans have started to support the Taliban a lot more than they perhaps would have if it was tried to reform Afghans or the Taliban.
I think the Go long, go big or go home question should be asked about Afghanistan. They should pull troops out of Iraq and send them there if they want to give a military defeat to the Taliban.
If they are not going to consider fighting the Taliban, then perhaps its time to deal with them. After Helmand if Nato loses out Kandahar then there's no turning back. If Taliban comes to power after any sort of victory then that Taliban would be a lot more dangerous and uncontrollable than one which was allowed in after making them agree on several things.
SPIN BOLDAK: The Taliban on Saturday denied accusations by Afghan leaders the group was being sponsored by Pakistan, an issue souring relations between the two nations.
A senior rebel commander, Hayat Khan, said Afghan President Hamid Karzai was trying to hide his own failure and the Taliban movement lived only on the support of ordinary people. “Karzai’s allegations are baseless. We neither have any links with Pakistan nor is the country helping the Taliban,” Khan told Reuters by satellite phone from a secret location.
“The Taliban movement is continuing only with the support of the Afghan people.
“Instead of shedding crocodile tears, Hamid Karzai should resign and join the Taliban ranks for jihad against the infidel occupiers to liberate Afghanistan,” he added, referring to Karzai crying during a speech about civilian deaths this week. The hardline Islamists have regrouped since their ouster in 2001, helped by safe havens and militant allies in Pakistan and money from the booming illegal opium industry.
About 4,000 people have died this year, a quarter of them civilians. Relations between the neighbours, both key allies in the US war on terrorism, have deteriorated sharply this year over the question of cross-border incursions.
In his strongest comments yet, Karzai said this week “terrorist nests” operated from Pakistan. Pakistan was once the Taliban’s main sponsor but officially dropped support for the group after the September 11 attacks on the United States. Pakistan denies it supports the insurgents but acknowledges some militants are crossing the rugged, porous border. reuters
A senior rebel commander, Hayat Khan, said Afghan President Hamid Karzai was trying to hide his own failure and the Taliban movement lived only on the support of ordinary people. “Karzai’s allegations are baseless. We neither have any links with Pakistan nor is the country helping the Taliban,” Khan told Reuters by satellite phone from a secret location.
“The Taliban movement is continuing only with the support of the Afghan people.
“Instead of shedding crocodile tears, Hamid Karzai should resign and join the Taliban ranks for jihad against the infidel occupiers to liberate Afghanistan,” he added, referring to Karzai crying during a speech about civilian deaths this week. The hardline Islamists have regrouped since their ouster in 2001, helped by safe havens and militant allies in Pakistan and money from the booming illegal opium industry.
About 4,000 people have died this year, a quarter of them civilians. Relations between the neighbours, both key allies in the US war on terrorism, have deteriorated sharply this year over the question of cross-border incursions.
In his strongest comments yet, Karzai said this week “terrorist nests” operated from Pakistan. Pakistan was once the Taliban’s main sponsor but officially dropped support for the group after the September 11 attacks on the United States. Pakistan denies it supports the insurgents but acknowledges some militants are crossing the rugged, porous border. reuters
By removing the most popular party and giving power to an unpopular one, Afghans have started to support the Taliban a lot more than they perhaps would have if it was tried to reform Afghans or the Taliban.
I think the Go long, go big or go home question should be asked about Afghanistan. They should pull troops out of Iraq and send them there if they want to give a military defeat to the Taliban.
If they are not going to consider fighting the Taliban, then perhaps its time to deal with them. After Helmand if Nato loses out Kandahar then there's no turning back. If Taliban comes to power after any sort of victory then that Taliban would be a lot more dangerous and uncontrollable than one which was allowed in after making them agree on several things.
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