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Taliban rejects Karzais offer of peace talks until foreign troops leave Afghan soil
After a suicide bomber in army uniform blew up a military bus in Kabul, killing 30 people 28 of them soldiers - President Hamid Karzai appealed Saturday to insurgent leaders Mullah Omar and warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar for personal meetings. They quickly rejected his appeal demanding that foreign troops must first withdraw from the country.For a guy who wouldn't survive for 5 minutes without American bodyguards, Karzai is sure feeling empowered Karzai also offered Talliban a share in government to stop the bloodshed destroying the country. But, he said, the insurgents standing pre-condition for foreign troops to quit could not be met. He also ruled out talks with al Qaeda and other non-Afghan fighters. Time to give up "Nation Building" and concentrate on the old tried & true methods (Carthage Delenda Est) A man claiming to speak for Taliban claimed the bus bombing which reverberated through the capital Friday. Taliban later released four Red Cross workers kidnapped earlier this week during a failed negotiation to release a German hostage. The Islamist insurgents have sharply stepped up the pace of their suicide bombings and abductions since the beginning of this year. Posted by: gromgoru 2007-09-30 |
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