http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gXuA913Hh43kpufYchoGOFqCQG8w
KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday that talks with the Taliban were the most effective way to end a bloody insurgency and welcomed Britain's new backing of these efforts.
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, his country suffering heavy casualties in Taliban strongholds in the south, called Monday for negotiations with militants "who can be reconciled to live within the Afghan constitution".
But a spokesman for the insurgent group Tuesday reiterated there could be no talks without the withdrawal of the roughly 90,000 international soldiers based in Afghanistan to prop up the fragile government.
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It must have been Tony Blair who fixed it. ..
AntwortenLöschenHe's so like, you know, commanding. ..
AntwortenLöschenSounds fair to me.
AntwortenLöschenThey need a miracle and since those are in short supply well---
AntwortenLöschenAny step towards peace and rationalism in one reagion, will help the same in the other reagions, either one or both parties are forced to do so by their tough situation or they are getting wise.
AntwortenLöschenLike I always say hope dies last and let us really hope they go forward and peace will come-
AntwortenLöschenSo nice...and I have to remember it.
AntwortenLöschenActually, hope never dies, 'couse never gets the turn since there are always somethings alive.
Life goes on, and there is no death.
Cheers starfishred !
That is also symbolized by the "Pandora's Box":
AntwortenLöschen>>>Pandora opened a jar (pithos) in modern accounts referred to as "Pandora's box", releasing all the evils of mankind— although the particular evils are not specified in detail — leaving only Hope inside once she had closed it again. She opened the jar out of simple curiosity and not as a malicious act.
There she is...
AntwortenLöschenA rather peculiar message by an occupation force: defending some country's constitution in spite of its president.
AntwortenLöschenExplanation?
==> We are itching to talk w/ you to get out of this mess. But, you also have to help us to make it "palatable". It is hard for me to declare defeat and get out.
Unfortunately, we can't say we opened the "Afghan Box" out of innocent curiosity, but either way it's just as hard to stuff everything back in and close the lid.
AntwortenLöschenI am hoping that intelligent and flexible leadership and diplomacy will be able to find the point at which peace can be declared.