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Thursday, January 28, 2010

'US plan to reintegrate the Taliban is doomed'

How to get international troops out of Afghanistan, and replace them with local forces? That was the crunch issue being discussed at a 70 nation conference on the future of the war-torn country. One plan involves tempting Taliban fighters to leave the insurgency behind, and take up civilian jobs. Sabah Al-Mukhtar - President of the Arab Lawyers Association in London - says the attempt to induce Western values in Afghan society is doomed to fail.