Afghanistan offers Taliban to be officially recognized as a political party

[Deleted member 10737]

Taliban ruled Afghanistan before being overthrown after the American invasion. since then, they have maintained presence in the country and have large areas of the country under their control. now, after 16 years of war, Afghanistan's president Ashraf Ghani has offered to officially recognize them as a political party and for them to be officially active in the political scene of the country.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43227860

Mr Ghani held out the possibility that the Taliban could be removed from international blacklists and eventually recognised as a legitimate political group with their own office, in Kabul or another agreed location.

"The Taliban are expected to give input to the peacemaking process, the goal of which is to draw the Taliban, as an organisation, to peace talks," he told delegates from 25 countries and organisations involved in the so-called "Kabul Process".

"A ceasefire should be held, the Taliban should be recognised as a political party and trust-building process should be initiated. Now the decision is in your hands, accept peace... and let's bring stability to this country."

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https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/28/asia/afghanistan-taliban-talks-analysis-walsh-intl/index.html

It is both what we knew had to happen one day and something no one ever expected to happen.
The key plank of both US and Afghan policy for ending the longest war in American history is that the Taliban must enter into a political process.
But this was often couched with the Taliban's renunciation of violence and distancing from al Qaeda, or a military win for the Afghan-US coalition that would put these allies in a position of strength ahead of negotiations.
Yet on Wednesday, Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani swept away over a decade of caveats and said that with no preconditions, the Taliban could be a recognized political party with an office in Kabul. This would be the first time they've had a post in the capital since they ran it in 2001.

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[Frozenprince]

And this is the largest harbinger of Iraq.

That we so utterly abandoned Afghanistan that ALL we did was literally for fucking nothing. All the dead, all the money, all the time and effort and expenditure.

For fucking nothing.

 

[Uncouth Norseman]

And this is the largest harbinger of Iraq.

That we so utterly abandoned Afghanistan that ALL we did was literally for fucking nothing. All the dead, all the money, all the time and effort and expenditure.

For fucking nothing.

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You can't fix stupid, sadly.

 

[Deleted member 176]

I'm not a huge fan of this, but the US has terrorist organisations recognized as political parties too so I can't judge.

 

[Koukalaka]

The most worrying thing I've read is that the moderate leadership are keen on a political solution and have realised that they can't win militarily - but some of the hardliners on the ground aren't listening/under the same command structure and think they can win a total victory.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

i'm sorry, i should have searched before posting, but i didn't think someone would make a thread on this.
www.resetera.com/threads/taliban-offer-afghan-president-ashraf-ghani-seeks-talks.26330/
mods, please lock this thread.