Taliban fighters may be granted amnesty under an Afghan reintegration plan

Times [UK] ^ | 10/26/10 | Anthony Loyd

[Nachum]

THE killers of coalition soldiers in Afghanistan may be granted amnesty, given benefits and assimilated back into their communities as part of an Afghan reintegration plan funded by Western donors. “There will be judgments made at all stages but if you've been fighting as part of the insurgency then you can step into the program,” said Major-General Phillip Jones, the British officer directing civilian and military experts supporting the Afghan Peace and Reintegration Plan (APRP). He added: “Wars end with tough decisions, tough conversations and some very bold and courageous people able to make some very human decisions, some of

[onedoug]

Wars tend to end with winners and losers. Looks as though we´re about to lose another one.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

We’re spending money on Afghanistan. Iran is spending money on Afghanistan.

[Spok]

Obama’sishandling of the war has unified Afhanistan and the Taliban-against us. We need to get the hell out.