US establishes contact with Mullah Omar

[Desert Fox]

US establishes contact with Mullah Omar

ISLAMABAD:

The United States has established contacts with elusive Taliban leader Mullah Omar to negotiate an end to the conflict in Afghanistan.

"We do not negotiate with terrorists"-Former President George W. Bush

Hypocrisy at its best.

 

[Solomon2]

"We do not negotiate with terrorists"-Former President George W. Bush. Hypocrisy at its best.

Not really. As far as I recall President Obama never made such a promise.

 

[Stealth IFV]

When it comes down to it, ISI can't compete with CIA. Let's go home and have dinners boys, this case has been closed.

 

[Respect4Respect01]

When it comes down to it, ISI can't compete with CIA. Let's go home and have dinners boys, this case has been closed.

yep, CIA does everything, even terrorist activities.

 

[Stealth IFV]

yep, CIA does everything, even terrorist activities.

I'm pretty sure their agents are paid too much to blow themselves up, good man.

 

[Leader]

Who knows may be in the end it may turn out that the US was being fooled by some afghan impostor like they were fooled earlier by one of the so called "senior commander of the Afghan Taliban".

Taliban Leader in Peace Talks Was an Impostor - NYTimes.com

haha
that was a great, what we call "Bisti"

 

[secularbuster]

Not really. As far as I recall President Obama never made such a promise.

Bush is not an american, obama is, hence he negotiates with 'terrorists'. We got your point, that is, if you really have any. You americans are indeed amazing, you're a class of your own in the art of denial.

 

[Solomon2]

Bush is not an american, obama is, hence he negotiates with 'terrorists'. We got your point, that is, if you really have any. You americans are indeed amazing, you're a class of your own in the art of denial.

A new Administration often does not consider itself wedded to the foreign policies of the previous Administration that it campaigned against as incompetent. Obama has been perfectly open about this, both as president and before that as a candidate, so he's not in denial.

 

[krash]

When it comes down to it, ISI can't compete with CIA. Let's go home and have dinners boys, this case has been closed.

Sure........................

 

[Spring Onion]

A new Administration often does not consider itself wedded to the foreign policies of the previous Administration that it campaigned against as incompetent. Obama has been perfectly open about this, both as president and before that as a candidate, so he's not in denial.

Please spare us of the apologists as the old administrations of US of A were partners with Taliban . remember the Unocal affair

 

[Spring Onion]

United States in talks with Taliban: Hamid Karzai
Reuters

KABUL: The United States and other foreign powers are engaged in preliminary talks with the Taliban about a possible settlement to the near decade-long war in Afghanistan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday, the first official confirmation of US involvement in negotiations.

Diplomats have already said there have been months of preliminary talks between the two sides, and Karzai, who is a strong advocate of peace talks, has long said Afghans are in contact with insurgent groups.

“Peace talks are going on with the Taliban. The foreign military and especially the United States itself is going ahead with these negotiations,” Karzai told a news conference in the Afghan capital.

The US Embassy in Kabul declined immediate comment.

Karzai was speaking the day after the UN Security Council split the UN sanctions list for Taliban and al Qaeda figures into two, which envoys said could help induce the Taliban into talks on a peace deal in Afghanistan.

Despite hopes that talks with the Taliban could provide the political underpinning for the US staged withdrawal from Afghanistan, the discussions are still not at the stage where they can be a deciding factor.

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said earlier this month there could be political talks with the Taliban by the end of this year, if the Nato alliance kept making military advances on the ground, putting pressure on the insurgents.

There are also many Afghans, among them women’s and civil society activists, who fear talks with the insurgents could undo much of the progress they have made since the 2001 ouster of the Taliban government.

The United States is on the verge of announcing a “substantial” drawdown of American troops from Afghanistan, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Friday.

“There’s going to be a drawdown. I am confident that it will be one that’s substantial. I certainly hope so,” the leading Senate Democrat said during an interview with PBS Newshour.

There currently are about 100,000 US troops fighting in Afghanistan, up from about 34,000 when President Barack Obama took office in 2009.

United States in talks with Taliban: Hamid Karzai | World | DAWN.COM

 

[roadrunner]

According to reports, the US had offered the Taliban control over the south of Afghanistan, while leaving the north for the other political forces under American influence. However, this was rejected by the Taliban.

So now it's about exerting control over northern afghanistan

 

[secularbuster]

A new Administration often does not consider itself wedded to the foreign policies of the previous Administration that it campaigned against as incompetent. Obama has been perfectly open about this, both as president and before that as a candidate, so he's not in denial.

Be it bush or obama they all act on behalf of the american government and the people and that's what counts. When a President says 'we' he does not refer to his administration only, he refers to the entire nation. What's the matter boy, don't you believe in democracy anymore?

 

[roadrunner]

why are you typing in bold font?