| Some 15 former members of the Taliban are willing to surrender and are holding indirect talks with Afghan authorities. Khalid Pashtun, a spokesman for the governor of Kandahar, Gul Agha, would not identify any of them. When asked whether the group included former Cabinet ministers, he replied: "It is possible." He would not elaborate. He said the surrender "might take a week or two or three or four." Pashtun said the Taliban members were in Afghanistan and were holding indirect talks with representatives of the governor. |