If we don’t negotiate with the Taliban, he will. So says Ahmed Rashiid in FT.com with a bottom line policy recommendation that the wounded White House won’t like:
If Mr Karzai and most Afghans really do want peace talks with the Taliban then that should be Nato’s focus.
It won’t: because of India–So says a pundit for The Nation in Pakistan. Taliban “moderates” will balk at dealing with India.
That’s not the only problem with talking to the Taliban but it is true that the world’s biggest secular democracy is a forgotten factor in Afpak politics.
