U.S. is part of the Afghan-led reconciliation process with the Taliban and it strongly believes that an end to the conflict in Afghanistan will come through political reconciliation, the White House said.
“As you know almost all insurgencies come to an end through a political settlement, a political reconciliation. We believe that an end to the conflict in Afghanistan will come when there is a political reconciliation,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said.
The United States, he said, has supported the Afghan-led process of reconciliation.
“The principles we have put forward with regard to that process is that any Taliban who want to participate in that reconciliation process and in those negotiations would have to renounce al-Qaeda, lay down their arms, cease violence, and pledge allegiance, if you will, to the Afghan constitution and its requirement that the rights of minorities and women are respected,” he said in response to a question.
“We keep the Afghan government abreast of any conversations that we have. But it would not be helpful to the process to name individuals or get too specified about it,” he said.
The principles that U.S. laid out for the process, Carney said, were very clear. “What is indisputable is that the President’s policy in Afghanistan, his strategy, his military strategy, has helped prepare the ground for this process.
“But you should also be sure that the military campaign continues even as this process takes place,” Mr. Carney added.
Keywords: Afghan war, Afghan peace process
@Khaliq: Right now the American tanks are the Afghan constitution. If Taliban agreed with the current constitution there would be no war. At the end of the day, democracy is a perception that has to boot strap itself up out of chaos and disagreement. Let us start out with a census that can get some broad credibility. The current Afghan population of 30 million seems inflated, probably deliberately, to facilitate electoral fraud. Other problem is that a sizable proportion of Afghans don't know their ages.
It is a historical fact that peace lead to prosperity and Talebaan leader finally came to this point. They knew the fact of diplomacy of
democracy. If they want to be the part of government by election they
must have to follow the rule of Afgaan Constitution. If they are fare
they will have to denounce the terrorism which is not linked with any
particular religion.
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