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| Afghanistan |
| Kabul working to bring Taliban 'back to the fold' |
| 2007-09-25 |
| Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said his government is working very hard on peace talks to bring supporters of the country’s former Taliban rulers, “back to the fold.” Karzai said a peace and reconciliation process has been going on for some time alongside efforts to bring back Taliban supporters who are not part of the Al Qaeda terrorist network. “It is extremely important that this process will go on,” he told reporters Sunday after a meeting of the country’s supporters and neighbors that he co-chaired with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Pakistan’s contribution important: Karzai said Pakistan’s contribution “is very, very important,” adding that a four-day “peace jirga” in August which he and Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf attended was “an important step in the right direction”. At that meeting, Musharraf had said Afghanistan faces a great danger from fringe groups that preach hate and radicalism. Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Munir Akram said the meeting produced “a reinvigorated commitment” to address the three major challenges facing Afghanistan - security, drugs and governance. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Blinky! C'mon down!! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-09-25 18:16 |
| #1 Karzai attempts to fix the unfixable. |
| Posted by: Duh! 2007-09-25 00:30 |