In what might be the first meaningful move toward reaching a deal with the insurgency, NATO is reporting that a group of “hundreds” of insurgents are on the brink of agreeing to disarm.
Officials say the talks include “mid-level” insurgents who have been talking to the government for four months, but provided no details what the insurgents were offered in return for the move.
Cash is probably a good bet, however, as a number of nations have pledged massive amounts of money to “re-integrate” the fighters, by which they mean, of course, bribe them. The US included $1.3 billion in such funds in a 2009 military funding bill.
The enormous amounts of money were slow in actually reaching the Afghan government, and this is the first the effort to secure the disarmament of “mid-level” fighters has actually had any impact at all.
PSYOPS for domestic/Western Zombies consumption and more money/financing FOR the war machine.
i assume they just want what ever nato is offering them they will probably bring their kids to carry an extra gun for them when they leave.
the whole insurgency could surrender today and tomorrow start right where it left off
I'd like to know what region these "hundreds" of fighters are coming from. If they are just armed gangs running around in the northern oart of the country in the areas where the government holds little sway then this is next to meaningless. The goals of the Afghan Taliban are not going to change for the main line fighters -just as the goals of the Pakistani faction are not going to change.
Are there any lies the us people won’t believe? A decade of lying and people keep falling for the same old stuff.
I wonder if they're negotiating with the same Taliban guy that scammed them in Afghanistan a few months ago. That would explain a lot. But either way, I believe the operative words were are "on the brink of agreeing to disarm." Semantics is everything. They have not agreed to disarm and are about to do it. According to NATO, they are about to agree to disarm. Any day now. And the check is in the mail. Can't wait for the insurgents to put out their disclaimer just like the Taliban did when they were dealing with their phony funny man in Afghanistan.