Afghan Gathering Agrees Peace Moves With Taliban -- New York Times/Reuters
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan tribal elders and religious leaders agreed Friday to make peace with the Taliban, handing President Hamid Karzai a mandate to open negotiations with the insurgents who are fighting foreign forces and his government.
Karzai had called the "peace jirga" to win national support for his plan to offer an amnesty, cash and job incentives to Taliban foot soldiers while arranging asylum for top figures in a second country and getting their names struck off a UN and U.S. blacklist.
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