Karzai Negotiates With The Taliban?
The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, feeling the pressure from his diminishing popularity, has been hinting he wants to negotiate a deal to draw at least some
Jul 31, 202018.5K Shares977.3K Views
The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, feeling the pressure from his diminishing popularity, has been hintinghe wants to negotiate a deal to draw at least some factions of the Taliban into the national government.
The whole thing has been sub rosa, occurring under the auspices of the Saudis for plausible deniability, and not really believed to have been fruitful.
Until now.
“„Abdul Salam Zaeef, the Taliban’s former ambassador to Pakistan, said the hard-line militants sat with Afghan officials and Saudi King Abdullah over an important religious meal in Saudi Arabia late last month. But he denied that the get-together could be construed as peace talks.
“„A spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai declined to comment.
Who knows where this will lead.
But if Karzai decides to talk to the Taliban, Washington has no argument against supporting him.
Hajra Shannon
Reviewer
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