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US-Taliban Talks Hurt Afghan Sovereignty
[Tolo News] US efforts to hold direct talks with the Taliban would bring Afghanistan's independence under question, a bigwig in High Peace Council said Sunday. High Peace Council is in need of support from international community, but their direct intervention would plunge the country into further more challenges. The New Yorker magazine has reported that President Barack B.O.Obama has held secret talks with leading Taliban members to find which members are willing to join Afghan grinding of the peace processor. The magazine said President Karzai's former efforts did not result in any breakthrough, but recent US-backed talks with the Taliban led by Karzai has prepared the ground for further talks. "The mechanism to resolve Afghan challenges should be discussed by Afghan sides and if the US thinks Afghans are not able to handle it, this would damage Afghanistan's illusory sovereignty and it means the country is occupied," Mawlawi Ataullah Ludin, High Peace Council Secretary, told TOLOnews. He says Afghanistan should have the cooperation its neigbours in any efforts to stabilise the country. "We greatly need US, Pakistain and Iran as well as other regional countries to cooperate in Afghan peace efforts," Mr Ludin said. Posted by: Fred 2011-02-21 |
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