Peace Jurga News Today

Of hard-core ideologues, tribal leaders, kids that, basically, sign up because its the best job available to them. not all of them are going to be thinking the same way about the afghan government, about the future of afghanistan. and, so, were going to have to sort through how these talks take place, but i think that president karzais peace jurga was a useful step. hes going to have a kabul conference that will be a useful step. i think conversations between the afghan government and pakistani ...

That president karzai should be able to work to reintegrate those individuals into afghan society. this has to be an afghan-led effort, though. its not one thats tick indicatdictat dictated by the united states or any other outside power. and thank the peace jurga will allow for a framework to then move forward. one of the things i emphasized to president karzai, however, is that the incentives for the taliban to lay down arms or at least portions of the taliban to lay down arms and make peace w...

Control are our control. it is these thousands of taliban who are not against afghanistan or against afghan people or their country, who are not against america either or the rest of the world. and who want to come back to afghanistan if given an opportunity and provided the political means. its this group of the taliban that were addressing in the peace jurga. it is this group that its our intention. those within the taliban leadership structure who again are not part of al qaeda, of the terror...

This has to be an afghan-led effort, though. its not one thats dictated by the united states or any other outside power. and i think that the peace jurga will allow for a framework to then move forward. one of the things i emphasized with president karzai, however, is that the incentives for the taliban to lay down arms or at least portions of the taliban to lay down arms and make peace with the afghan government in part depends upon our effectiveness in breaking their momentum militarily, and t...

Addressing in the peace jurga, its this that is our intention. those within the taliban leadership structure who again are not part of al-qaeda or the terrorist networks or ideologically against afghanistans progress and its rights and constitution, democracy, the place of women in afghan society, the progress theyve made and are willing to march ahead with the rest their people in their country for the better of the future of afghanistan are welcome and the jurga, the peace jurga is intended fo...

Violence and ties to al qaeda and other extremist networks, that president karzai should be able to work to reintegrate those individuals into afghan society. this has to be an afghan-led effort, though. its not one thats deck at a time -- dictated by the united states or any other outside power. think the peace jurga will allow for a frame work to then move forward. one of the things i emphasized to president karzai, however, is, is that the incentives for the taliban to lay down arms or at lea...

Efforts at reconciliation need to be from a position of strength. we think that we are in the process of blunting the momentum that the taliban had in afghanistan and beginning to reverse that momentum. i think with each passing day, the position of the afghan government becomes stronger in terms of bowing able to conduct those negotiations. >> is it fair to extrapolate from that if you had a couple more months, that president karzai would be in a much stronger position than he might be in a cou...