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| Afghanistan |
| Jirga Offers Taliban Peace Deal |
| 2010-06-06 |
| [Quqnoos] The Afghan peace jirga delegates on Friday endorsed President Karzai's plan calling for negotiating with the Taliban on ending the war Hamid Karzai's plan would offer amnesty, money and job incentives to Taliban foot soldiers and asylum in other countries to Taliban leaders, according to officials familiar with the plan. "You have shown us the path," Karzai said at the end of the meeting. "We will follow that path step by step and, God willing, we will reach the end." "I again call on my brothers, the Taliban, dears, Hizb-i-Islami to take this opportunity and say yes to the call of the people," Karzai said, addressing some 1,600 delegates to the three-day jirga. On Thursday, 28 committees debated proposals for peace and on Friday a declaration was made based on those suggestions. The Taliban have yet to give an official response to the conference's concluding statement, though they had earlier criticized the jirga. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 What part of Taliban-already-rejected-a-deal don't those bozos understand? A couple of years ago, Karzai told Der Spiegel that he admires Taliban for their "morality." Yah, real moral be-headers. |
| Posted by: One Eyed Thinenter6178 2010-06-06 18:07 |