At least six theories are being floated on Mullah Baradar’s capture and/or the flood of recent insurgency defeats. Understanding Pakistan’s Afghan Taliban policy is critical to separating fact from fiction.
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Karzai Offers Salvation to the Taliban
Understood in Karzai’s new reconciliation policy is that not all insurgents are alike and not all are evil. Some are evil for sure, and all al Qaeda members are evil without exception.
Will Mullah Omar Get Assassinated?
If Taliban chief Mullah Omar did not know about the secret Eide-Taliban meeting in January then the meeting occurred without his sanction, and this implies a rebel element within the Quetta Shura, or the Afghan Taliban's central leadership circle. There is chance that Omar will purge the Taliban leadership or they might attempt to...
Secret Eide-Taliban Meeting Raises Questions
President Karzai’s new reconciliation plan with the Taliban was announced over a week before the January 28 London Conference. To quote Quqnoos, a Kabul-based news organization, Karzai’s plan will supply “jobs or land to farm, education for young fighters and pension for older insurgents who may have fought for much of the past three...
