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Afghanistan
50 Taliban lay down arms in S Afghan town Kandahar
2011-12-21
(Xinhua) -- Fifty Talibs laid down arms in Taliban birthplace southern Kandahar province, 450 km south of Afghan capital city Kabul on Tuesday.
That's nice. For the winter or for good?
"These former Taliban fighters under Hajji Malim had been active in Panjwai district and Kandahar city over the past couple of years and we expect other cut-throats to follow them and lay down arms," Kandahar provincial governor Tooryalai Weesa told newsmen at the ceremony to welcome the former fighters.

All the former bully boyz also handed over their weapons to the authorities and vowed to defend the government from now on.

Speaking on the occasion, Hajji Ata Mohammad, the head of High Peace Council, appreciated the former Death Eaters' decision, saying joining the grinding of the peace processor by Hajji Malim and his men would further strengthen the security in Panjwai and adjoin areas.

Talibs fighting Afghan and NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
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Posted by:Fred

#5  Great. Wonderful.

Now go find the 500 who didn't lay down their arms and shoot them.
Posted by: mojo   2011-12-21 15:18  

#4  Join the government , rearm, reclothe, get fat and leave at will after some proper training on how to shoot...
Posted by: Sheba Poodle7658   2011-12-21 14:19  

#3  A very cold winter?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-12-21 11:47  

#2  It's too early for the poppy harvest.
Posted by: JohnQC   2011-12-21 08:41  

#1  More details from the Small Wars Journal.
Posted by: trailing wife   2011-12-21 05:18  

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