UN: Time for Direct Talks with Afghan Taliban Leaders http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/un-time-for-direct-talks_b_437059.html http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/1/26/124353/370
The top United Nations official for Afghanistan has called for direct talks with senior Taliban leaders. Is anyone in Washington listening? The New York Times reported Sunday that Kai Eide, the United Nations special representative for Afghanistan, "called on Afghan officials to seek the removal of at least some senior Taliban leaders from the United Nations' list of terrorists, as a first step toward opening direct negotiations with the insurgent group." Eide also called on the U.S. to speed its review of the roughly 750 detainees in its military prisons in Afghanistan - another principal grievance of Taliban leaders. Eide said he hoped that the two steps would open the way for face-to-face talks between Afghan officials and Taliban leaders. "If you want relevant results, then you have to talk to the relevant person in authority," Mr. Eide said. "I think the time has come to do it." [...] -- Robert Naiman Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] Change.org: End the war in Afghanistan Timeline for Withdrawal and Political Negotiations http://www.change.org/ideas/view/end_the_war_in_afghanistan_establish_a_timeline_for_withdrawal_and_begin_political_negotiations _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
