Thanks Hunton Peck.
Posted on 10/01/2011 8:52:21 AM PDT by Hunton Peck
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who for years pushed for reconciliation with the Taliban, now says attempts to negotiate with the insurgent movement are futile and efforts at dialogue should focus instead on neighboring Pakistan.
The Afghan leader explained in a videotaped speech released by his office Saturday that he changed his views after a suicide bomber, claiming to be a peace emissary from the insurgents, killed former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani at his home on Sept. 20. Rabbani was leading Karzai's effort to broker peace with the Taliban.
"Their messengers are coming and killing. ... So with whom should we make peace?" Karzai said in the recorded address Friday to a gathering of the nation's top religious leaders.
"I cannot find Mullah Mohammad Omar," Karzai said, referring to the Taliban's one-eyed leader. "Where is he? I cannot find the Taliban council. Where is it?
"I don't have any other answer except to say that the other side for this negotiation is Pakistan," Karzai said.
Most of the Taliban leadership is thought to be living in Pakistan, and its governing council — known as the Quetta Shura — is based in the southern Pakistani city of the same name. It has long been believed that the Pakistani government has sheltered and influenced the group.
Afghanistan said Saturday it had evidence that Rabbani's assassination was planned by Taliban figures living in Quetta.
Last week, U.S. officials leveled accusations of their own, saying Pakistan's spy agency assisted the Haqqani network — a militant group allied with al-Qaida and the Taliban — in attacks on Western targets in Afghanistan. It was the most serious allegation yet of Pakistani duplicity in the 10-year war.
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Err, Earth calling Captain Obvious! =.=
Some people you can talk to,some people all you can do is try your level best to put in the ground.
Well, duh!
Any talks with Karzai are useless, by us or the Taliban. The Taliban at least want him dead.
Reconciliation process: ‘US backs opening Taliban office in Qatar’
Karzai has a clue. Who knew?
Thanks for adding that. Thus, the never-answered question: Are liberals just stupid or do they knowingly advocate for evil? (Not that Satan cares; either one serves his purpose as well.)
Instead of leveling accusations against Pakistan I wish the would level Pakistan.
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