35 minutes agoBritish military commander: The Taliban must be given a chance, they may have changed
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)“Bota must give room to the Taliban to form a new government in Afghanistan and may find that the rebels, whom the West considers extremists for years, have become more reasonable,”, the British military chief said Wednesday. Taliban leaders will appear before the world, an official of the Islamic movement [...] announced.
Taliban leaders will appear before the world, an official of the Islamic movement announced on Wednesday, unlike the situation in the past 20 years, when their leaders mainly lived in secret.
British Army Commander Nick Carter said he was in contact with former Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who, according to Carter, will meet with the Taliban on Wednesday.
“We have to be patient, guard our nerves and give them space to form a government and show them what they have”, Carter told the BBC.
It is possible that these Taliban are different from those people who remember from the 1990s,” he added.
We can find out, if we give them space, that these Talibans are more reasonable, but what we have to remember is that they are not at all a homogenous organization, the Taliban are a group of different tribal figures coming from all rural areas of Afghanistan, “tha Carter.
According to him, the Taliban are mostly “djem villagers” who live following the so-called “Puncival”, a traditional way of tribal life and in which the members of the Prishn clan are leading.
It is possible that the Taliban are the most reasonable,” repeat Carter. He's less likely. And of course, if you look at how the movement in Kabul is doing right now, there are some indicators that they're more reasonable,” ends it.
