LOL. Dawn's report about Afghan Peace Council

[khyaal]

Daily Dawn is considered as the most unbiased newspaper in Pakistan. Read how they have reported about Afghan Peace Council.


"KABUL: Afghanistan's former president Burhanuddin Rabbani, who stands accused of war crimes, was Sunday elected chairman of a new peace council set up to broker an end to the war with the Taliban.

The High Peace Council is President Hamid Karzai's brainchild for opening a dialogue with insurgents who have been trying to bring down his government since the US-led invasion overthrew their regime in late 2001.
The 68-member council, hand-picked by Karzai, was set up following a nationwide conference in June and was inaugurated on October 7. Rabbani was elected to chair the council at its second session Sunday.

“The High Peace Council in its second session participated by President Hamid Karzai elected Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani in a unanimous vote as chairman of the council,” Karzai's palace announced in a statement.
Rabbani led one of seven resistance factions to the Soviet military presence in Afghanistan in the 1980s and was later chosen as president of Afghanistan for a six-month transition period in 1992."

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/...cil-head-qs-12

[khyaal]

Pakis are really upset over this Peace Jirga.

[afghan]

they should have elected hamidgul or col.imam.

[Talal]

here are some "non-paki" sources for you

Taliban reject Karzai's peace council as failed | Top News | Reuters

Peace plan with Taliban 'won't work,' former PM says - St. Catharines Standard - Ontario, CA

Karzai

Karzai launches Afghan peace commission; panel's members denounced - World AP - MiamiHerald.com

Little hope in Kandahar for Karzai's effort to reconcile with Kandahar - Winnipeg Free Press

[Toramana]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...f5887f630.1381

Karzai confirms holding talks with Taliban

(AFP) – 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON — Afghan President Hamid Karzai confirmed holding unofficial talks with the Taliban "for quite some time," in a bid to end the nine-year war, according to an interview transcript released Sunday.
"We have been talking to the Taliban as countryman to countryman, talk in that manner," Karzai told CNN's Larry King when asked about a Washington Post report on "secret high level talks" between the two sides.
"Not as a regular official contact with the Taliban with a fixed address but rather unofficial personal contacts have been going on for quite some time," he said in a release of excerpts from the interview, to air in full on Monday.
Last week the Washington Post said the secret talks were believed to involve the Afghan government and representatives authorized by the Quetta Shura, the Afghan Taliban group based in Pakistan, and Taliban leader Mullah Omar. It cited unnamed Afghan and Arab sources.
Earlier Sunday, Afghanistan's former president Burhanuddin Rabbani was elected chairman of a new peace council, a brainchild of Karzai, set up to broker an end to the war with the Taliban.
"Now that the peace council has come into existence, these talks will go on and will go on officially and more rigorously I hope," Karzai told Larry King.
The Afghan leader said there had been "no official contacts with a known entity that reports to a body of Taliban and that comes back and reports to us regularly.
"That hasn't happened yet and we hope we can begin that as soon as possible," he added.
"But contacts of course have been there between various elements of the Afghan government at the level of community and also at a political level."
The High Peace Council is intended to open a dialogue with insurgents who have been trying to bring down his government since the US-led invasion overthrew their regime in late 2001.
The 68-member council, hand-picked by Karzai, was set up following a nationwide conference in June and was inaugurated on October 7 amid mounting reports of secret peace talks with Taliban leaders and key insurgent groups.

[Toramana]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapc...an.karzai.lkl/

(CNN) -- Attempting to advance his nation's peace progress with insurgents, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said unofficial negotiations with the Taliban have been taking place and hopes the formation of a peace council will further those efforts.
"We have been talking to the Taliban as countryman to countryman, talk in that manner," Karzai told CNN's "Larry King Live" in an interview scheduled to air Monday night. "Not as a regular official contact with the Taliban with a fixed address, but rather unofficial personal contacts have been going on for quite some time."
In excerpts of the interview released Sunday, Karzai also spoke on the High Peace Council, an initiative headed by former Afghan President Buhanuddin Rabbani and tasked with boosting negotiations with Taliban insurgents.
"The Taliban, those of whom who are Afghans and the sons of Afghan soil, who have been driven to violence by various factors beyond their control and beyond ours caused by circumstances in Afghanistan, we want them to come back to their country," Karzai said. "They are like kids who have run away ... from the family. The family should try to bring them back and give them better discipline and incorporate them back into their family and society. President Rabbani assuming chairmanship today of the peace council is exactly in that spirit."
However, the Afghan government will work against groups like al Qaeda, he said. "But those who are a part of al Qaeda and the other terrorist networks who are ideologically against us or who are working against Afghanistan knowingly and out of the purpose of hatred and enmity -- those of course we have to work against. Whether they are against Afghanistan or whether they are al Qaeda and the terrorist war against the United States or our neighbors in Pakistan, those of course cannot be accepted."....

[Toramana]

Talal, you are trying to hang on to the straw. All the news storys you posted are from one source i.e., Sayed Salahuddin.

[Talal]

uh only reuters and one other source that quoted reuters used salahuddin..next time read

Little hope in Kandahar for Karzai's effort to reconcile with Kandahar - Winnipeg Free Press

Jonathan Montpetit

Karzai launches Afghan peace commission; panel's members denounced - World AP - MiamiHerald.com

DION NISSENBAUM AND JONATHAN S. LANDAY

Karzai


Taliban says Karzai's peace council is impratical and doomed to fail

ez dis salahuddin too..i dont need to hang off a straw..its you who is trying to punch the air

[Talal]

Pakis are really upset over this Peace Jirga.

say whaaat ?

‘Pakistan attending Kabul peace talks’

WASHINGTON: A Pakistan government delegation is taking part in talks between Afghan government and Taliban representatives in Kabul, reports a US Congress-funded media organisation.

Quoting sources in Kabul, Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported that the talks, at the five-star Serena Hotel, were aimed at setting the ground for negotiations on ending the Afghan war.

They followed inconclusive meetings hosted by Saudi Arabia that ended more than a year ago.

Some members of the Peace Council tasked with helping negotiate with the Taliban were also attending the talks, the report said.

Abdul Hamid Mubarez, a member of the peace council, told RFE/RL that Pakistan’s government was playing a central role in negotiations.

“The people of Afghanistan are tired of war and Pakistan’s government has a key role in these talks because the Taliban have their strongholds in Pakistan,” Mr Mubarez said.

“They are under the influence of Pakistan. I think Pakistan is facing problems that leave no other way except to help resolve this conflict.”

RFE/RL claimed that Pakistan’s delegation was headed by former interior minister Aftab Ahmad Sherpao.

Former members of the Taliban involved in the talks include the Taliban regime’s ex-foreign minister, Malawi Mutawakel, and the Taliban regime’s former point of contact with the United Nations, Abdul Hakim Mujahed.

But even after this i stand by what i said these talks aint gonna work..These talks are just to buy time for the NATO forces they wanna engage as many talibs as they can in these talks so they can pound on the rest of em..since they wont ever have a higher number of troops on the ground then they do now

[Toramana]

No, there have been serious secret talks although Pakistan would like to project it as if NATO is buying time.


http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/...7311286762885/
Karzai also said he hopes the newly created High Peace Council, headed by former Afghan President Buhanuddin Rabbani, will move the peace process forward.

"The Taliban, those of whom who are Afghans and the sons of Afghan soil, who have been driven to violence by various factors beyond their control and beyond ours caused by circumstances in Afghanistan, we want them to come back to their country," Karzai said. "They are like kids who have run away ... from the family. The family should try to bring them back and give them better discipline and incorporate them back into their family and society."

Karzai said the same is not true for members of al-Qaida and "other terrorist networks who are ideologically against us or who are working against Afghanistan knowingly and out of the purpose of hatred and enmity -- those of course we have to work against."

The Washington Post had reported earlier that secret high-level talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban were under way.

The Washington Times reported Sunday that various unofficial discussions exploring ways to reach a peace accord have taken part off and on this year and last with a Brussels think tank and the governments of Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia acting as conduits.

[Talal]

well if they're happening pakistan I guess its good for both countries..Ofcourse it is the most favorable situation for Pakistan and they were gonna happen eventually..but its hard to say where the afghans will end up..living under one evil (karzai) was somewhat more favorable compared to the joint collaboration of em both

its just gonna throw everything into chaos again

[Toramana]

well if they're happening pakistan I guess its good for both countries..Ofcourse it is the most favorable situation for Pakistan and they were gonna happen eventually..but its hard to say where the afghans will end up..living under one evil (karzai) was somewhat more favorable compared to the joint collaboration of em both

its just gonna throw everything into chaos again

Oh really, that sounds more starker for Pakis rather...Just imagine, their proxies slip out of their hands in Afghanistan as well (after Kashmir) and get integrated into the social fabric leaving Pakis without leverage and the mean to run proxy wars and make money ...rendering them out of business (hard times ahead )

Your response is perfectly as if "grapes are soar" after a lot of ffort to get what you want to but fail.

[Talal]

dont worry about my response

[afghan]

Pakistan wants Pashtuns in Afghanistan to be in power. Pakistan hates Tajiks and cant see them in power.

they dont care the pashtun living in occupied pashtunkhwah why would it care for pashtuns in afghanistan, the only thing pakistan wants taliban to be in power.

[parsiwaan]

Pakistan wants Pashtuns in Afghanistan to be in power. Pakistan hates Tajiks and cant see them in power.

LOL Chatalistan hates anyone that stands for Afghanistan, for development, modernity, civilization and advancement. This is why they are backing the most backward, illiterate savages known as Taliban. Any Pashtun that have brain would understand the real enemy of Pashtuns are only Pakistan ..but then most of Pashtuns today are either so in poverty and uneducated that they would not know what is their interest other then de islam jang dee taqdadoo doom. Those few educate pashtons are bend on filling their pockets…while calling Hindu(punjabis) Mahmah(uncle).