Afghan Foes Sit Together in Kyoto

[khushal]

how can somebody be Sayyid and a Popalzai?, if his father is Sayyid, he's a Sayyid and not a Popalzai if his father was Popalzai, he's not a Sayyid. My mom's a Yemeni Sayyda, but I'm not a Sayyid.

More nonsense coming out of you. What are you talking about foolish one. Wheather you are a sayyid or not, it wont change the fact that your an idiot.

[Afghanistan2010]

Din Muhammad

[RevolutionThroughReason]

More nonsense coming out of you. What are you talking about foolish one. Wheather you are a sayyid or not, it wont change the fact that your an idiot.

whoa calm down there buddy, no need to look for some pretext to lash out at me because I make you look like mentally handicapped chimp all the time. stop beating your chest Lance Lot Link.

do you know Sayyid Tayyeb Agha's background? Do some reading he's allegedly a Popalzai and a Sayyid.

[Shah-i-Kot]

Din Muhammad

This conference is most likely going to pave the way to a commission as it is reported in this press release.

[Shah-i-Kot]

Taliban representative in Japan for peace forum
(AFP) – 4 days ago
TOKYO — A Taliban representative on Wednesday joined an Afghan government official for a peace conference hosted by an elite university in Japan, an academic said.
In a rare joint appearance, Din Muhammad, a member of the Taliban's political council, was invited by the private Doshisha University to a "peace-building" forum, along with Masoom Stanekzai, internal security adviser to Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
They and other Afghans were in Japan to discuss what steps need to be taken to build peace and bring reconciliation in the war-torn nation, the forum's organiser said.
Masanori Naito, professor of Middle Eastern studies and migration studies at the university, said the aim had been to get all sides to the table.
"We brought opposing parties together to debate paths toward peace," he told AFP.
Muhammad's visit to Japan comes less than a week after Taliban fighters stormed a lakeside hotel near Kabul, killing 18 people in a 12-hour standoff with the security forces.
The attack highlighted the instability in the country ahead of the 2014 departure of NATO combat troops, who have been fighting a more than decade-long insurgency that erupted after the US-led invasion in 2001.
Japan has never had a combat role in Afghanistan, but has been involved in reconstruction and is a major donor. The war registers little on the public radar, consequently, the visit by a Taliban figure is unlikely to cause political ripples.
A spokesman for the foreign ministry said "proper procedures" had been followed before the issuance of Muhammad's visa.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed the militants had sent Muhammad to Japan for the event.
The militia said this year that it had suspended contacts with American officials in Qatar in a row over a prisoner swap.
But Muhammad told Japanese media that the Taliban would resume talks if Washington fulfills its promises, including on a prisoner exchange.
"The problem is not on our side. The problem is actually on their side," Muhammad, who was a cabinet minister in Afghanistan's former Taliban government, told Kyodo, adding he had flown in from Qatar.
In a separate interview with NHK, he called for the total withdrawal of US forces and said it would be unacceptable for any American troops to remain in the country after the combat mission ends in 2014.
"The Taliban does not permit deployment of any foreign troops and it will only adversely affect peace," he was quoted as saying.

[Afghanistan2010]

I look forward to any development,the Islamic emirate has again cleared and declared its stance,it is not depended on any state or group,it seek national and independent state of Afghanistan.

[randolph85]

is din muhammad a tajik?

[Toramana]

Actually, Zaif is not a particularly smart person. He was nibbling at a roasted chicken piece at the Hujra of Choudri Shujaat Hussain of Punjab when he was nabbed by ISI and handed to Americans. They say some reward was also received by the Choudris.

[Shah-i-Kot]

Actually, Zaif is not a particularly smart person. He was nibbling at a roasted chicken piece at the Hujra of Choudri Shujaat Hussain of Punjab when he was nabbed by ISI and handed to Americans. They say some reward was also received by the Choudris.

There is such a concept called diplomatic protocol which all diplomats from every nation enjoy. This has been true since the Persian-Greek wars where messengers and diplomats conveyed issues and such, despite the fact that Persia and Greece engaged in so many wars.

No diplomat would expect to be arrested, especially if they have not committed a crime, and even then, they are in theory supposed to enjoy diplomatic immunity.

However,this is Pakistan. There is no following of diplomatic rules.

They did not afford Zaeef diplomatic immunity, but they gave it to Raymond Davis, a man who was not even a diplomat.

[Shah-i-Kot]

is din muhammad a tajik?

According to the news, yes.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57464425/rare-meeting-between-afghan-government-taliban/

"The Taliban's former planning minister, Qari Din Mohammed Hanif, took part in the conference "to explain the policies of the Islamic Emirate," Taliban spokesman Zabilullah Mujahed told The Associated Press by telephone.
Taliban officials rarely travel abroad for public meetings, and Mujahed didn't say how Hanif, an ethnic Tajik from Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province, made the trip to Japan. Although a senior member of the Taliban and a member of the movement's political committee, Hanif is not on any wanted list."

[Shah-i-Kot]

When Afghans get together, many people become irritated.

iA this war will end and there will be peace.

[khushal]

this is the guy sitting next to Zaeef i think and his name is tayeb Agha.


this is Sayed Tayeb Agha a top level Taliban member

I dont know who the second guy is but the first guys name is also sayed tayab agha.

[R3SISTANC3]

Great news, I see some detractors already showing signs of uneasiness. This meeting should cast aside all doubts that unlike the Iraqi insurgency which was a group of rag tag elements pampered from the outside, the various groups known as the "Taliban" are a full swing legitimate opposition in Afghanistan that must be dealt with through recognition and diplomacy.

The secular liberal what not nationalists should finally realize that no matter how many suggar daddies they invite to help liberate their people, it will only hurt and destroy their own kin and kind through useless and senseless war. And no matter who you blame and who the culprit, ISI or big Satan America the real problem will always be the divisions midst your own ranks.

No one can take advantage of you without someone being there to be taken advantage of. You can only blame yourself, and that is a remarkably tough thing to do for Pashtun due to our sky high pride and egos.

[Afghanistan2010]

The problem with the iraqi insurgency was and is.

We have stil alot of different groups,fighting in their areas,except for the Islamic state of Iraq,Ansar al sunnah/islam both of which has small units across iraq.