"Most Afghans would accept talks with Taliban, survey says; Support is down for insurgency after years of war" by Katharine Houreld, Associated Press / November 10, 2010
They must mean this beautiful family right here.
Analysts believe that the toll of war has left some Afghans willing to sacrifice some freedoms for the sake of peace. (Altaf Qadri/Associated Press)
That woman in the outfit is responsible for all your ills, citizens of the western worl.... wait a minute. Is that a graveyard behind them?
KABUL, Afghanistan — Nearly all Afghans want their government to make peace with the Taliban despite their growing dislike for the insurgency, according to a survey funded in part by the US government.
The American people are SO WITH YOU on THAT ONE (with full apologies from here).
The survey released yesterday by the San Francisco-based Asia Foundation found that 83 percent of Afghan adults back negotiations with armed antigovernment groups, up from 71 percent last year.
Yes, it is ALWAY$ a $ELECT FEW that PROFIT from WAR!
But it also said 55 percent of Afghans had no sympathy for the insurgency this year, up from 36 percent last year. Twenty-six percent of respondents said they had “a little sympathy’’ for the aims of the insurgency.
Must be the Pashtuns.
Analysts said the survey reflected growing doubt that the government and its NATO allies can defeat the insurgency with military means and that after 30 years of war, some Afghans are willing to sacrifice some freedoms for the sake of peace....
That sure seems familiar, America.
After nearly 10 years, NATO’s military commitment is not open-ended and President Hamid Karzai has made reconciliation a top priority.
Since when? What ever happened to those peace talks anyway?
He has offered jobs and housing to the villages of Taliban fighters who defect, and recently formed a 70-member High Peace Council to facilitate negotiations. The government and NATO say contacts are being made with top insurgent leaders but no formal peace talks are underway....
Thanks for clearing that up.
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Related: Taliban I Told You So
I'm not happy about it; I should be happy they don't like having their villages and loved ones destroyed from above as well as having their very homes violated with a kicked-down door during the night?
