RFE: Afghanistan's Mass Release Of Taliban Prisoners Revives Peace Process, But Seen As 'Big Gamble'
Afghanistan’s flagging peace process was on the verge of collapse following weeks of devastating militant attacks, mounting public anger, and the halt of a major prisoner swap.
But a brief cease-fire between the government and the Taliban has breathed new life into efforts to negotiate an end to the nearly 19-year war.
The May 24-26 truce, which coincided with the Eid al-Fitr Islamic holiday, largely held across the country. In what it said was a "goodwill" gesture, the government freed 1,000 Taliban prisoners -- 900 of them in a single day -- the largest group so far.
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Update: Afghan government releases hundreds of Taliban prisoners as part of peace deal with US (Military Times/AP)
WNU Editor: This release of Taliban prisoners only means more fighters for the Taliban. Not surprising, with the end of the ceasefire, the war continues .... Afghan government says ceasefire still in place even as skirmishes with Taliban resume (Reuters)
Update #2: A good analysis .... Afghanistan peace process at a crossroads (Arab News).
3 comments:
Only an obamma and a kerry would talk up this rotting pig of an agreemnet. Talk it up while in front of the cameras while they know better. The fighting which quickly resumes will have little exposure as the country moves on to whatever visual object garners much of the often shallow cameras of American media and many of it's watchers who pound away on the cellphones of the country while trying to outdo each other in snippets of little merit on something named after chattering low IQ sparrows...twitter.
The picture reminds me of a planet around Betelguese. They certainly act that way toward each other and to women. It is okay though, because it is codified in a book. That makes it all civilized.
We have to turn the page and have it behind us.
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