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    Posted: 29-Oct-2008 at 17:36
US to drop Mullah Omar from blacklist

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Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:24:33 GMT

The US agrees to drop the name of the Taliban leader, Mullah Omar from the terror list ahead of talks with the insurgents, an official says.

"US intends to remove Mullah Omar from the black list in a bid to provide a suitable seedbed for holding contacts with the Taliban," said Sunday, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Patrick S. Moon.

Moon added that during his upcoming visit to Kabul, he will fully support the idea of negotiated settlement with the Taliban militants to end the violence in the region. He also reiterated that the talks with the Taliban insurgents were possible within the Afghan Constitution.

Also, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that the United States was considering taking part in talks with Taliban in a sharp change in tactics in Afghanistan.

The developments come at a time when US, British and NATO forces are experiencing some of the most violent attacks since the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan.

Mullah Mohammad Omar, known as simply 'Mullah Omar', is the reclusive leader of Taliban of Afghanistan and was the country's de facto head of state from 1996 to 2001. He went into hiding, following the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.

Mullah Omar was wanted by the US for harboring Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda network.
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Meanwhile....
 

Karzai admits failure in securing Afghanistan

October 29, 2008

KABUL (AFP) - President Hamid Karzai said Wednesday violence had surged in Afghanistan, admitting his government's internationally backed efforts to secure the country had failed.

Security had even deteriorated since the Taliban regime was ousted in 2001, the US-backed leader said in an address to hundreds of women gathered from all over Afghanistan for a meeting in Kabul.

Since his government took power after the fall of the Taliban, "we have achieved major success", Karzai told the gathering.

"But one of the nation's biggest wishes was full security ... which we have not brought. It has even dropped," Karzai said.

"Our roads are not safe, you can't go to Kandahar, to Herat. You can't take the road from Kabul to Paktia," he said, referring to key provinces outside of the capital.

Road travel outside of the capital, notably to the south, is risky with Taliban insurgents and bandits regularly attacking and sometimes kidnapping or killing travellers.

"When we came, life was good, but now it's not," Karzai said. "We are still a nation deeply in pain and misery."

Karzai was installed by US and other Western allies after the US-led invasion that drove the Taliban from government. He became Afghanistan's first democratically elected leader in a 2004 poll.

A Taliban insurgency to topple Karzai and take back power has grown steadily since then with attacks at record levels this year despite the efforts of 60-70,000 international troops helping the Afghan security forces.

Crime has increased with wealthy Afghans or their relatives, as well as expatriates, being kidnapped most often for ransom.

The intelligence agency this week released video and pictures of hostages being tortured that were made by kidnappers to send to their families with ransom demands.

One showed a hostage being brutally beaten and another victim appeared to have part of his ear cut off.

Some of the women in Karzai's audience called for kidnappers to be publicly hanged. The president responded that he is supporting the death penalty but would not allow public executions.

The 1996-2001 Taliban government had executed people publicly, including by stoning, and cut off their limbs for certain crimes.

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  Quote Gharanai Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29-Oct-2008 at 23:06
That's a great news.
As the further Pres. Karzai and Amir Omer comes closer the greater chances of peace and stability in Afghanistan grows.
But to be honest these are all US policies, in order to show the voters that what they had came for in Afghanistan is going to be acheived soon.
But as the Elections end and Mr. Obama wins (as the stats show) more troops will be sent to Afghanistan in order to further more destabalize the situation and even try out the new virgin lands of Tribal Areas for their Bombing Tests.
 
But to be optimistic for the best, I guess if what they (Karzai-Omer) have started goes on well it could bring a new geo-political scenario in the region.
South West East Taliban Afghanistan, North Center Modernized Afghanistan, East Nato/US Afghanistan, a blow to Iran in S/W, to Pakistan in East and a tocken of appreciate for their service to Northern Alliance in North and Powerful and administrative Pres. Karzai in Center.
 
Stupid politics, you can't even trust if something real is going on. Let's just wish that their talks could bring an end to the bloodsheed.
 


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  Quote Afghanan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30-Oct-2008 at 04:14
Bombing has little or no effect on anything.  Its changing hearts and minds that has the biggest effect.  Corruption and Drugs are destroying the government internally.  With Karzais brother in trouble, he has lost almost all legitimacy.
 
As for Mullah Omar being taken off the US blacklist, that's a huge shift in policy, and on that most Americans don't even know about.  I'm not sure how much sway he has in politics because some are even doubtful he even exists since there are no credible pictures of him.
 
 
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  Quote Gharanai Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30-Oct-2008 at 12:15
@ Afghanan
What I see is tha Mr. Karzai will once again win the Elections with all the corruption and drug alegatios to his family members and government.
The reason is that after 4 years he has gained much of experience and knows people around and knows how to deal with whom.
 
Now if US wants to bring in someone new that means 4 years back, I mean they will have to restart all the trainings and interaction with the people from zero.
Therefore, I don't think this will be a solutio to either Afghans or the US, as the US interest in Afghanistan grows day after another with Iran shouting loud and Russia showing muscles, I don't think US want to have a disturbed Afghanistan specially when they are eyeing on Pakistan.
 
As far as Mullah Omer is concerned, I could only say whether he exists or not, his name works wonders. I mean if today mullah Omer declears perminent cease-fire with government, the very next day you will see the economical boom in Afghanistan while investers are now running away from Pakistan.
I mean in 2002-2005 the GDP growth rate of Afghanistan was amongst the highest in the world with a 12% annual growth.
That was caused by few telecom companies running in, and now if the situation in Afghanistan gets calm and peaceful I am sure this is the right time to push the buttons for the natural resources that we have, specially the Petrolum sector which is raw and never touched.
 
 


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