October 05, 2008
Report - Karzai seeks Saudi help for talks with Mullah Omar
From Pakistan's Daily Times -
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has made a call for peace to Taliban leader Mullah Omar and has asked the king of Saudi Arabia to help in talks with the group responsible for a surge in violence.
Karzai’s plea comes hours after Omar urged United States and NATO forces in Afghanistan to withdraw or face a similar defeat to occupying Soviet troops a generation ago.
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Karzai denied reports that negotiations with the Taliban had taken place in Saudi Arabia, but said he had written to the Saudi king to ask him to help bring peace to Afghanistan and the region.
Britain’s Observer newspaper said on Sunday that peace talks with the Taliban group were being mediated by Saudi Arabia and backed by Britain. Karzai rejected the claim saying the article was incorrect.
The article goes on to say that President Karzai has assured the protection of Mullah Omar, and any other Taliban who wish to "make nice" now.
Karzai was quoted as saying, "“They should come back and not be afraid of the foreigners. I will stand in front of the foreigners."
That's fine. Predator drones strike from above.
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