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Kabul working to bring Taliban 'back to the fold'
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said his government is working very hard on peace talks to bring supporters of the countrys former Taliban rulers, back to the fold.Karzai said a peace and reconciliation process has been going on for some time alongside efforts to bring back Taliban supporters who are not part of the Al Qaeda terrorist network. It is extremely important that this process will go on, he told reporters Sunday after a meeting of the countrys supporters and neighbors that he co-chaired with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Pakistans contribution important: Karzai said Pakistans contribution is very, very important, adding that a four-day peace jirga in August which he and Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf attended was an important step in the right direction. At that meeting, Musharraf had said Afghanistan faces a great danger from fringe groups that preach hate and radicalism. Pakistans UN Ambassador Munir Akram said the meeting produced a reinvigorated commitment to address the three major challenges facing Afghanistan - security, drugs and governance. Posted by: Fred 2007-09-25 |
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