Sorry, but We Have to Talk to the Taliban ; Yes, It Sticks in the Throat. But, Argues a Distinguished Military Historian, It's the Only Way to Salvage Some Hope From This Mess
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IT IS about time, indeed long overdue. Yesterday, Foreign Secretary David Miliband delivered the first big British Government policy statement for years about Afghanistan.
Its headline theme was a proposal to launch a programme to reconcile insurgents willing to stop fighting, to bribe them to lay down their arms.See the full content of this document
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Sorry, but We Have to Talk to the Taliban ; Yes, It Sticks in the Throat. But, Argues a Distinguished Military Historian, It's the Only Way to Salvage Some Hope From This Mess
Critics denounce this as 'talking to terrorists', when the recent operation Panther's Claw in Helmand has cost the lives of nine British soldiers and a tragic stream of body bags is coming home. But all the officers I know perceive dialogue with the Taliban as essential to salvage anything from this intractable war.
Colonel Stuart Tootal, who led 3 Para in its bloody 2006 He...See the full content of this document
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