Photo: Gulbuddin HekmatyarFrom Times Online:
Extremist on America's list of most-wanted terrorists is to hold talks with the Afghan government in coming weeks.
ONE of Afghanistan’s most wanted terrorists is to be offered a power-sharing deal by the government of President Hamid Karzai as the country’s warlords extend their grip on power.
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who is on America’s “most wanted” terrorist list, is to hold talks with the Kabul government within the next few weeks.
Hekmatyar is the leader of Hezb-i-Islami, which has been fighting Nato troops alongside the Taliban. The hardline group is responsible for many attacks in the eastern and central regions, including the massacre of 10 French soldiers in Sarobi last year. It controls Kapisa province, just 50 miles north of Kabul.
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My Comment: We never learn .... but we are losing the war in Afghanistan, and for the Afghan Government and their U.S./NATO allies, there are few is any good options left.