And, although not a strictly Taliban voice, someone else suggesting Muslim intervention, shared in accordance with the "fair dealing" provisions,
Section 29, of the
Copyright Act.
Hekmatyar offers peace-deal conditions
Rebel commander says Islamic troops could replace soldiers from the West
Quqnoos.com, 15 Oct 08
Article link
ONE OF the country’s most senior rebel commanders,
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, has announced that he is prepared to negotiate a peace-deal with the government.
Hekmatyar said in a statement on Tuesday that his party,
Hezb-e-Islami (HIA), was ready to talk to the Afghan government about the possibility of withdrawing foreign troops from the country.
He said he also wanted to talk about forming a national government comprised of all the country’s parties and factions, a sign that the commander of the country’s second largest rebel group would want the Taliban to be included in any future government.
Hekmatyar said the only way out of the current downward spiral of violence was to negotiate.
He said the government should not exclude Hezb-e-Islami and the Taliban as the international community had done during the Bonn Conference.
In recent week, there have been renewed calls for a political solution to the on-going insurgency in Afghanistan, which has claimed thousands of lives since the US-led invasion in 2001.
In late September, some 15 Afghans representing the government and former Taliban officials attended meetings in Saudi Arabia chaired by King Abdullah to discuss the possibility of negotiations between the Afghan government and its enemies.
A peace-deal would see a cessation to all hostilities, Hekmatyar said.
Foreign troops from the West could be replaced with soldiers from Islamic countries, the rebel commander, who is frequently accused of supporting the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, said.
Hekmatyar’s comments are the most positive calls for a peaceful solution to the conflict in seven years.
But
the Taliban continue to demand a complete withdrawal of foreign troops from the country before sitting down at the negotiating table.
In April 2002, the US Central Intelligence Agency tried and failed to kill Hekmatyar with an unmanned predator drone.
Four years later, he was wrongly reported as captured before he allegedly took credit for Al-Qaeda leader Osma bin Laden’s escape from Tora Bora during the US-led invasion of 2001.
In 2003, the US government blacklisted HIA a "terrorist" organisation and the UN put its leader’s name on a list of people accused of supporting the Taliban.