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| Govt Asks UN to Remove Taliban Names from Blacklist |
| 2011-03-09 |
| [Tolo News] Afghan government has called on the UN to remove names of some five former key Taliban members in its blacklist, McClatchy newspaper reported. Name of Maulawi Qalamudin, the former deputy head of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice department, is among the names presented to the United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society. President Karzai's government sees the UN blacklist as the main obstacle to starting peace talks with the Taliban. All five former Taliban members have been named to high peace council. President Karzai hopes the council will convince the Taliban to stop violence and join the Afghan society. The newspaper said UN approval of the request, made by the government to the UN Security Council, is not certain. The international community in particular the United States has agreed for the removal of those Taliban names in the list who have given up violence, but the process has been slow practically, it said. "Internationally, the High Peace Council body is being supported. So members of the High Peace Council should be accepted. Yet they're still on the blacklist," McClatchy quoted Shaida Mohammad Abdali, the deputy national security advisor as saying. Afghan experts said the government requests the removal of former senior Taliban members as Taliban in response to peace call killed hundreds of civilians in a series of attacks in Afghanistan. "If we take a look at their achievements, people are not happy waith them. If they do it for peace and stability in Afghanistan, nobody opposes it," Atiqullah Amarkhil, an Afghan military analyst said. "But we should make sure that democracy is not strained and the rights of people are not ignored." All five jugged members of the Taliban have already "reconciled" with the Afghan government and have lived a free life for a couple of years. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Taliban didn't perpetrate 9/11, al-Qaeda did. However, the Talibani government shelterd bin Laden's group, and was removed from power as a result. |
| Posted by: lotp 2011-03-09 17:44 |
| #1 They may have renounced violence. They may even keep their promise (fat chance.) But will their actions in the past have consequences? How are they going to pay for 9/11? What is, ultimately, the price to be paid for a mass fatality attack on the CONUS? |
| Posted by: Goober Throlumble3538 2011-03-09 14:00 |