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Updated at: 2140 PST, Sunday, January 17, 2010
KABUL: The U.S. supports a proposal to lure fighters with no strong allegiance to terrorists away from the insurgency and reintegrate them into Afghan society, the American special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan said Sunday.
Richard Holbrooke said he talked with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday about a plan the government is crafting to offer jobs, vocational training and other economic incentives to tens of thousands of Taliban foot soldiers willing to switch sides after eight years of war.
We completely support the program as it develops,'' Holbrooke said. The majority of the people fighting with the Taliban are not supporters of (Taliban leader) Mullah Omar.
They're not supporters of the ideology of al-Qaida. They don't even know who al-Qaida is and yet they fight because they've been misled by false information.''
Holbrooke, who had a heated meeting last year with Karzai over the fraud-stained Afghan presidential election, spoke at town hall-style event in the Afghan capital of Kabul where about 40 academics, video graphers, representatives from non-governmental organizations, radio broadcasters and others were invited to ask Holbrooke questions.
Source: US supports Afghan plan to reintegrate Taliban
KABUL: The U.S. supports a proposal to lure fighters with no strong allegiance to terrorists away from the insurgency and reintegrate them into Afghan society, the American special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan said Sunday.
Richard Holbrooke said he talked with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday about a plan the government is crafting to offer jobs, vocational training and other economic incentives to tens of thousands of Taliban foot soldiers willing to switch sides after eight years of war.
We completely support the program as it develops,'' Holbrooke said. The majority of the people fighting with the Taliban are not supporters of (Taliban leader) Mullah Omar.
They're not supporters of the ideology of al-Qaida. They don't even know who al-Qaida is and yet they fight because they've been misled by false information.''
Holbrooke, who had a heated meeting last year with Karzai over the fraud-stained Afghan presidential election, spoke at town hall-style event in the Afghan capital of Kabul where about 40 academics, video graphers, representatives from non-governmental organizations, radio broadcasters and others were invited to ask Holbrooke questions.
Source: US supports Afghan plan to reintegrate Taliban
