Taliban Is the West's Last Resort in Afghanistan
Simon Jenkins, Times Online | June 23, 2008
A new strategy to stabilize Afghanistan should try to separate al-Qaeda and the Taliban, whereas in the past the opposite was done. ++ A policy is needed that supports anyone who provides stability and does not give asylum to international terrorists - even if that is the Taliban. ++ However, NATO cannot provide sufficient realpolitik, therefore President Karzai's practice to "cut deals with whichever provincial commanders appear to control territory" is appropriate and promising.
