Afghanistan: Hamid Karzai's rival warns him not to cut deals with Taliban

Abdullah warns against Karzai plan
Kabul, Afghanistan , Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai 's plan to bring back moderate Taliban into society will only undermine Democracy, his main political opponent said. Abdullah Abdullah , the main opponent of Karzai's bid to win a second term in August 2009 Elections, told Britain's Daily Telegraph Karzai's plan to win back moderate Taliban Insurgents with jobs and other incentives also would alienate the Afghans. "Other people which are killing people on the streets in the...

Abdullah slams Karzai's Taliban peace plan
The man who claims to have been robbed of Afghanistan's presidency in last August's election , Abdullah Abdullah, has slammed President Hamid Karzai's drive for Reconciliation with the Taliban on a visit to Paris. Karzai's peace-at-any-price plan is "very vague", Abdullah says. “I don’t Think that they know what they are talking about,” he told RFI at a conference at Paris Think-tank Ifri. “Sometimes they give the perception that if everything is being done in...

Taliban reject renewed Karzai call for peace
Kabul (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban on Sunday rejected President Hamid Karzai's latest call for peace, despite pressure from a NATO offensive and the capture of its number 2. Karzai renewed his appeal in parliament on Saturday for the Taliban to accept his peace proposal. At a conference on Afghanistan in London in January, donor nations backed his plans for peace talks with those Militants who renounce violence and pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to persuade fighters to lay down...