Taliban, Afghan Gov't Hold Talks to End War

[Flash]

WASHINGTON -- Secret talks aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan have begun between representatives of the Taliban and the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, The Washington Post reported on its website Tuesday night.

Afghan and Arab sources cited by the Post said they believe for the first time that Taliban representatives are fully authorized to speak for the Quetta Shura, the Afghan Taliban organization based in Pakistan, and its leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, according to the newspaper. The sources requested anonymity to discuss the development.


http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/10/05/taliban-afghan-government-reportedly-talks-end-war/

[dannno]

Not if we have anything to say about it.

[Flash]

A democratic nation talking to an enemy in the M.E. to bring about peace. :O But I thought Ron Paul was crazy for saying that in 07-08.

[Bruno]

So, if the war was ended today, all of our troops should be home around...2050 or so?

[Romulus]

One can only wish... they we can have our phony victory parade and ignore the costs. I dont care - just bring the troops home.

[torchbearer]

So, if the war was ended today, all of our troops should be home around...2050 or so?

permanent bases, never coming home.

[RedStripe]

This is good news.

[Bruno]

This is good news.

I see this is at least change one person believes in.

[tangent4ronpaul]

In related news peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghanistan government were accidentally strafed, attacked with predator drones and the subject of a bombing run by B-52's.

The United States offered it's sincere apologies, stating that it was acting on reliable intelligence that there was an Al Queda germ warfare production facility at that location. Warmonger and Chief O-bomb-us has vowed to commit 100,000 more troops to the region to make sure this kind of mix up never happens again.

-t

[squarepusher]

Not if we have anything to say about it.

loool

[virgil47]

The Taliban must need a cease fire so they can resupply and then attack again. They always try to resupply and move people into place under the white flag of a truce.

[LibertyVox]

The Taliban must need a cease fire so they can resupply and then attack again. They always try to resupply and move people into place under the white flag of a truce.

Not really as of 2007 they controlled 50 percent of the country (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1570232/Taliban-control-half-of-Afghanistan-says-report.html). Right now they are at the height of their power. And so from their perspective the war has gone swell. The reason being the Taliban are the population of Afghanistan bent on kicking us out from their land. They fight with even less with what they had against the Soviets and they've kicked some serious arse.

So the reaching out to negotiate has been coming from Obama and before him Bush and their military advisors. Of course I doubt they would cut and run completely. But I also doubt that the Taliban who have been adamant on having the foreign troops leave before any negotiation would change their rhetoric and I certainly hope they don't.

But then these this facts also slaps us on the face:



[1]At what point did the military and the government decide that Taliabn and Alqaeda are in fact two totally different things?
[2]It also means the invasion of Afghanistan was done squarely wrongly.
[3]Since the war and the utter mayhem and murder was largely based on complete secrecy , apathy of the public and press, and propaganda of imminent threat and all that, at what point did Alqaeda in Afghanistan---supposedly some unilateral, extremely organized andpowerful organization (numbering less than 2000 btw at the MOST) capable of regime changes in the US (with out any such elementay things such as a blue water navy of course)--- become a non threat?

[virgil47]

Time will tell but this has been their mode of operations in the past.

[RedStripe]

I see this is at least change one person believes in.

What's that supposed to mean?

[LibertyVox]

Time will tell but this has been their mode of operations in the past.

On the Pakistani side yes from both the military and the Pakistani Taliban, since the casualties have been tremendous on both sides, given that the area of the tribal agencies in rebellion were relatively small.