Warlords taint Afghan peace council — analysts
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KABUL — A council appointed by Afghan President Hamid Karzai to broker a peace deal with the Taliban is so heavily stacked with warlords and militia leaders it could be set up for failure, analysts said.
The High Peace Council is Karzai’s brainchild for opening a dialog with the insurgents who have been trying to topple his government since the 2001 US-led invasion overthrew their regime almost nine years ago.
“This council is mandated to broker peace,” Karzai’s spokesman Waheed Omer said this week as he announced its 68 members.
The Taliban leadership has repeatedly said it will not enter into dialog with the Afghan government until all foreign troops — currently more than 152,000 from the United States and Nato — have left.
The commander of those forces, US Gen. David Petraeus, said that Taliban leaders, mid-level commanders and grassroots fighting men had made “overtures” to the Afghan government and to Nato..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101001com3.html
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