Monday, October 1, 2007

Taliban Will "Never Negotiate"

“The Taliban will never negotiate with the Afghan government in the presence of foreign forces,” said Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi concerning peace talks from Afghanistan President, Hamid Karzai. The Taliban has vowed to "never negotiate" until U.S. and NATO troops are out of the country. This is a tough call. Should the U.S. and NATO troops be withdrawn and let the Afghan government take over or should they stay and try to come up with a strategy to deal with the Taliban?

1 comment:

Wil Gilmore said...

you are right, this is a very tough call. If foreign troops do get out, how do we know Al Queda will make peace talks. On the flip side, if foreign troops stay in Afghanistan, peace talks will never happen. i say we take the chance and get out and hope the Afghan government will be able to keep the Al queda forces in check.