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Author: Alexander Thier
Cited by: David Price 7:27 PM 8 February 2010 GMT
Citerank: (20) 50252Possible to negotiate on reintegrationIt's possible to negotiate on the reintegration of the Taliban (but not on reconcilliation of the underlying conflict).959C6EF, 50539Agreement will amount to little more than a short term PR campaign109FDEF6, 50545Example of the Shinwari tribal area in Eastern Afghanistan1198CE71, 50545Example of the Shinwari tribal area in Eastern Afghanistan1198CE71, 50546Similar agreement in Helmand broke down a few years ago13EF597B, 50564Possible to negotiate with some fighters and lower level commanders1198CE71, 97968Possible to negotiate on reintegrationIt's possible to negotiate on the reintegration of the Taliban (but not on reconcilliation of the underlying conflict).959C6EF, 98118Possible to negotiate with some fighters and lower level commanders1198CE71, 98121Agreement will amount to little more than a short term PR campaign109FDEF6, 98124Example of the Shinwari tribal area in Eastern Afghanistan1198CE71, 98124Example of the Shinwari tribal area in Eastern Afghanistan1198CE71, 98252Similar agreement in Helmand broke down a few years ago13EF597B, 98317Agreement will prevent the Taliban from infiltrating the area1198CE71, 149588Possible to negotiate on reintegrationIt's possible to negotiate on the reintegration of the Taliban (but not on reconcilliation of the underlying conflict).959C6EF, 149738Possible to negotiate with some fighters and lower level commanders1198CE71, 149741Agreement will amount to little more than a short term PR campaign109FDEF6, 149744Example of the Shinwari tribal area in Eastern Afghanistan1198CE71, 149744Example of the Shinwari tribal area in Eastern Afghanistan1198CE71, 149872Similar agreement in Helmand broke down a few years ago13EF597B, 149937Agreement will prevent the Taliban from infiltrating the area1198CE71 URL:
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| Excerpt / Summary "ALEXANDER THIER, U.S. INSTITUTE OF PEACE: I think that it's good in and of itself. I think that any area that can come more firmly into the realm of stability and prevent the Taliban from being able to infiltrate is a positive. And it will send a message to other communities if it succeeds that people can successfully stand up to the Taliban. Most of these communities, in fact, don't support the Taliban, and a lot of people, frankly, have allowed them to use their territory or traverse their territory out of fear and intimidation" |