The Taliban movement is also said to have been plagued by an increasing number of defectors, even as its upper echelons were shaken by internal squabbles this week.
"Just the fact that the Taliban, or the insurgents, are showing a lot more interest in reconcilliating with the government in the last couple of months, to me, is a good sign," Hainse said.
In a flurry of accusations, Taliban regional officer Mullah Mansoor Dadullah was allegedly ousted by supreme leader Mullah Omar for not abiding by the movement's rules. But Dadullah's spokesperson Muhibullah Mahajir said the order didn't come from Omar, but was invented by rivals within the group, news reports said.
Last May, Mansoor Dadullah's brother - high-ranking commander Mullah Dadullah - was killed by NATO forces in Helmand province. Mahajir said the attack was carried out with support from some Taliban commanders, who are now trying to oust Mansoor Dadullah.
Although Mansoor Dadullah has never expressed an interest in abandoning the Taliban movement, the dispute exposes division among its leaders, which could potentially be exploited by coalition forces.
Officially NATO says its forces won't negotiate directly with Taliban, referring them instead to Afghan government officials. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said he would accept reconciling with insurgents who agree to put down their weapons and embrace the country's constitution.
Last week, Karzai's government expelled a senior United Nations official and the acting head of the European Union's mission in Afghanistan for allegedly holding talks with the Taliban and giving the militants money. And in Great Britain, media reports have suggested the British secret service MI6 initiated talks with certain Taliban commanders last summer.
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"Last week, Karzai's government expelled a senior United Nations official and the acting head of the European Union's mission in Afghanistan for allegedly holding talks with the Taliban and giving the militants money. And in Great Britain, media reports have suggested the British secret service MI6 initiated talks with certain Taliban commanders last summer."<br />
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Explain that to Jack Layton, next time he brings the subject up.<br />
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And, Bush created Osama; Bhutto created the Taliban.<br />
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The Taliban has never been a terrorist organization. They began as a paramilitary operation fifteen years ago, when they were recruited from refugee camps in Pakistan. There, Afghans in religious schools were armed by Pakistani intelligence officers, and persuaded to go back to Afghanistan to end the civil war raging there and establish a religious dictatorship. No terrorism, just brute force by a bunch of gun toting young guys on a mission from God. Once they achieved power, the Taliban quickly demonstrated that they did not have a clue when it came to running a country. They did give al Qaeda, recently run out of Sudan, a refuge. By the late 1990s, they were using a brigade of al Qaeda gunmen as enforcers, to keep increasingly unhappy Afghan tribes in check. Then came September 11, 2001, and it was all over in two months. A few hundred American Special Forces and CIA operatives provided advice, encouragement and smart bombs to help the Afghans drive the Taliban out of power. Fleeing back to Pakistan, the Taliban spent five years rebuilding and soliciting funds from wealthy Islamic conservative Arabs and Pakistanis. Afghan drug gangs also became sponsors, as these guys had got their start when the Taliban were in power. Back then, if you paid the Taliban a "tax" you could produce and ship opium and heroin in Afghanistan. The new Afghan government has been hostile to that arrangement, but the Taliban are eager to restore the good old days.
Terrorism is a step back for the Taliban, and an admission that they have failed, in the last two years, in their effort to march into Afghanistan and take over. Suicide bombing is suicidal in more ways than one. Most of the victims, so far, have been Afghans, and this has turned many likeminded (Islamic conservative) Afghans against the Taliban. But at this point, the Taliban have no choice. They must either step back, or step aside. By choosing to proceed with a terror campaign, they are also selecting extinction.
But we better stay in Afghanistan or the Taliban will take over the world, right? They will surely train millions of bloodthirsty terrorists and raid Canada. /sarcasm
BTW there is no evidence Bin Laden did 9.11(other than the fake confession video), so the mission is a sham from the start.
So did they ask these dead guys what nationality they are, or did they have a look at their passports? HA HA HA HA.
What a load of steaming horse shit!