A special operations team member with Special Operations Task Force West greets new Afghan Local Police recruits on their first day of training in Afghanistan's Farah province, Dec. 1, 2012. The recruits joined the ALP in order to protect their villages from the Taliban. As coalition forces prepare to withdraw combat troops, Afghan National Security Forces have taken the lead in protecting the Afghan population. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Chadwick de Bree
Afghanistan Peace Plan That Would Increase Pakistan’s Role -- McClatchy News
WASHINGTON — The Afghan government is pursuing an ambitious new peace initiative in which Pakistan would replace the United States in arranging direct talks between the warring sides and the Taliban would be granted government posts that effectively could cede to them political control of their southern and eastern strongholds.
If implemented, the plan would diminish the role of the United States in the peace process, but would still leave Washington with input on a number of critical issues, including the terms for initiating negotiations. Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Great Britain also would be involved.
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