Rabbani killing shows bleak hopes for Afghan peace
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KABUL — The killing of Afghanistan’s chief peace negotiator Burhanuddin Rabbani shows the futility of attempts to start serious talks with the Taliban even after 10 years of war, experts said Wednesday.
A decade after American troops invaded Afghanistan to bring down the Taliban for sheltering Osama bin Laden after the 9/11 attacks, the insurgency has seemingly never been stronger and the Afghan government barely ever weaker.
US President Barack Obama poured 50,000 extra troops into the country to deal the Taliban a decisive blow, but violence has only increased and attacks blamed on Taliban-led insurgents have only become bolder.
In just two months President Hamid Karzai has lost three allies — his brother Ahmed Wali Karzai, strongman of the south; advisor Jan Mohammad Khan and now his associate Rabbani — all three assassinated at home..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110923com3.html
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