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Of hard-core ideologues, tribal leaders, kids that, basically, sign up because it's 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, we're going to have to sort through how these talks take place, but i think that president karzai's peace jurga was a useful step. he's going to have a kabul conference that will be a useful step. i think conversations between the afghan government and pakistani government, building trust between those two governments, is a fussful step. i think to the exte...

That president karzai should be able to work to reintegrate those individuals into afghan society. this has to be an afghan-led effort, though. it's not one that's 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 with the afghan government, in part, depends on our effectiveness in breaking their

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. it's this group of the taliban that we're addressing in the peace jurga. it is this group that it's our intention. those within the taliban leadership structure who again are not part of al qaeda, of the terrorist networks, or idealogically against afghanistan's progress and rights and constitution, democr...

This has to be an afghan-led effort, though. it's not one that's 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 that's why we put in the additional u.s. troops. that's why general mcchrystal is working so hard t...

Addressing in the peace jurga, it's 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 afghanistan's progress and its rights and constitution, democracy, the place of women in afghan society, the progress they've 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 for certain afghan people, taking their advice on how and to which means and which speed should the...