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Karzai calls for reconciliation with Taliban
Updated at: 1814 PST, Sunday, February 08, 2009
MUNICH: Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the only way for Afghanistan to succeed is to reconcile with some members of the Taliban.
Karzai says there is no way we can succeed the way we want to in the right time without some form of reconciliation.''
He says that means inviting all of those Taliban who are not part of al-Qaida, who are not part of terrorist networks'' to return to their homes.
During a security conference in Germany on Sunday he called on the international community to back us fully'' in this effort.
"We will invite all those Taliban who are not part of Al-Qaeda, who are not part of terrorist networks, who want to return to their country, who want to live by the constitution of Afghanistan and who want to have peace in their country and live a normal life, to participate, to come back to their country."
Karzai raised eyebrows in November when he said he would protect the fugitive leader of the insurgent Taliban, Mullah Mohammad Omar, in return for peace whether his international partners liked it or not.
Karzai calls for reconciliation with Taliban
Updated at: 1814 PST, Sunday, February 08, 2009
MUNICH: Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the only way for Afghanistan to succeed is to reconcile with some members of the Taliban.
Karzai says there is no way we can succeed the way we want to in the right time without some form of reconciliation.''
He says that means inviting all of those Taliban who are not part of al-Qaida, who are not part of terrorist networks'' to return to their homes.
During a security conference in Germany on Sunday he called on the international community to back us fully'' in this effort.
"We will invite all those Taliban who are not part of Al-Qaeda, who are not part of terrorist networks, who want to return to their country, who want to live by the constitution of Afghanistan and who want to have peace in their country and live a normal life, to participate, to come back to their country."
Karzai raised eyebrows in November when he said he would protect the fugitive leader of the insurgent Taliban, Mullah Mohammad Omar, in return for peace whether his international partners liked it or not.
