Taliban Commander: We Cannot Win War And al-Qaida Is A 'Plague' -- The GuardianInterview: senior Taliban commander admits insurgents must seek settlement with other political forces in Afghanistan.
One of the Taliban's most senior commanders has admitted the insurgents cannot win the war in Afghanistan and that capturing Kabul is "a very distant prospect", obliging them to seek a settlement with other political forces in the country.
In a startlingly frank interview in Thursday's New Statesman, the commander – described as a Taliban veteran, a confidant of the leadership, and a former Guantánamo inmate – also uses the strongest language yet from a senior figure to distance the Afghan rebels from al-Qaida.
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My Comment: The problem with the Taliban is that it is an organization made up of numerous groups that do not necessarily communicate and coordinate with each other. I am sure that there are some in the organization who are aware that the Afghanistan of today is not the Afghanistan of 10, 15, or 20 years ago .... and that any hopes of the Taliban storming Kabul in triumph will not be happening in the near future .... or for that matter .... the long future. So the options that they now have are the following .... a continuation of the conflict for the next 10, 20, or more years against Afghan warlords, government soldiers, and foreign forces .... or to find some form of accommodation.
My prediction .... they will continue the fight .... like the IRA in Ireland who fought the British for decades, the Taliban will continue the fight for the next 10, 20 or more years.
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