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Negotiate with the Taliban?
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Some further food for thought in regards to the debate on whether or not the US should negotiate with the Taliban:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/26/AR2010042603020.htmlPosted 1 year ago # -
First, here has to be a discussion of which Taliban we might debate with. Is it Mullah Omar and his salafists, which constitute a very small group or is it the wider Pashtun tribal structure, seeking autonomy by the creation of Pashtunistan? Is it the Pakistani Intelligence Service that supports Mullah Omar or the Pashtun warlords in Afghanistan? Second, what is to be negotiated? My guess would be the confederation of Afghanistan into a northern Tajik-controlled region, a central Hazzara-controlled region, and a southern to eastern Pashtun-controlled region. The negotiation would have to align with the principles of the Pashtunwali, the honor code of the Pashtuns. Finally, for the sake of brevity, peace will only come to the region when India and Pakistan can negotiate out their conflict. Thus, the question of whether to negotiate with the Taliban begs many other questions that must be considered before anyone can come to an informed opinion.
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