Report: Karzai holds secret talks with top militant

[davidinalameda]

Source: MSNBC

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has held face-to-face talks with Sirajuddin Haqqani, leader of a particularly brutal militant group with ties to al-Qaida, Al Jazeera reported on Sunday.

The presidential office reportedly denied that any meeting took place between Karzai and the Haqqani network, a group high on the CIA's hit list that is believed to have been behind some of the most sophisticated attacks across Afghanistan.

Pakistan's army chief and the head of the country's intelligence services are thought to have accompanied Haqqani to the talks, sources told Al Jazeera. Pakistan's intelligence and military officials have long been thought to foster close links with members of the Taliban and other militant groups working in Afghanistan.

The reports have fuelled speculation that Pakistan is trying to forge a deal that would safeguard its interests in Afghanistan, Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr said from Kabul.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37954054/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/

[Robb]

1. Heh. nt

[Enrique]

2. maybe they can share some of the money from the U.S. n/t

[Jack Rabbit]

3. I think he's trying to piss off Obama

Ask the Ngo brothers about what happens to tin horn US puppets when they piss off the US administration and become expendable.

[glinda]

4. US should just leave Karzai's fate to them. He wouldn't last long I would guess.

[wordpix]

5. WTF? Is Karzai doing what we're asking for, secret talks with Taliban?

Or is he sleeping with the enemy behind our back? :shrug:

[davidinalameda]

12. I can't imagine Obama okaying something like this

I hope that Obama wouldn't okay something like this

I'm not sure that Obama wouldn't okay something like this

how much longer are we going to be stuck in Afghanistan?

[Chulanowa]

14. Likely secret talks

Using the news of Afghanistan's "newfound mineral wealth" as leverage; Give the militants an IOU for a cut of the profits, if they side with the government and sign on with the Afghan defense forces.

I doubt the US knows, or would approve.

IF my guess is the case... then Afghanistan is going to be back in the middle of a brutal civil war five years from now, when the fact that its "mineral wealth" is likely heavily overstated comes to light, and these militants are left with empty wallets on payday.

[humbled_opinion]

6. WTF.....

Why are we still there? Obama was just given another golden opportunity with the Mcrystal flap to change the direction and get us the FU@K out of there. Good men and women are dying because our leaders are idiots incapable of thinking in anything but Black and White. With us or against us, war on a tactic, etc... The arrogance of Presidents, regardless of political party affiliation, is astounding. I had such hope for Obama and he has failed on many fronts, as far as I am concerned.

We need to remind Obama that it is we the people that want an end to these bloody wars none of which are "good wars". I feel if we refuse to launch massive protests then the cause of those that seek peace will be forever damaged, already pundits are asking why was it OK for the anti-war protestors to constantly protest Bush but there seems to be a lack of commitment in the protest of Obama who is doing nothing more but finishing out Bush's third term, regarding the WARS.

[awoke_in_2003]

7. war under a repub president is bad...

war under a democratic president is good.

[humbled_opinion]

8. Yeah right

I am sure LBJ and NIXON would both disagree with your assesment.... Besides advocating war and the killing of human beings is just anti-human.

[awoke_in_2003]

9. I was being sarcastic...

and pointing out the fact that there are people here who thought Bush's surge was bad but Obama's surge is good.

[humbled_opinion]

10. LOL I knew that

so was I...

[Chulanowa]

15. We also realize that Iraq and Afghanistan are different situations

Of course some DU'ers see brown people speaking some sort of moon language, and couldn't be bothered to give a shit to notice the differences. Morocco? Iraq? Yemen? Brazil? All the same!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

11. Karzai is no friend of the USA

even though his brother had a restaurant in MD.

[Lil Missy]

13. Time to lock a predator drone on that fucker. n/t