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Push for Taliban Defectors Stalls

International
Written by Chuka
Tuesday, 07 September 2010 19:34
The New York Times reports a $250 million program to lure low-level Taliban fighters away from the insurgency has stalled, with Afghans bickering over who should run it, and international donors slow to put up the money they had promised. Six months after Afghanistan’s foreign backers agreed to generous funding, only $200,000 has been spent so far by the US and little or nothing by other donors. During the same period, the flow of Taliban fighters seeking to reintegrate has slowed to a trickle. It’s not clear whether that is because there’s no program to would provide them with jobs, security guarantees and other incentives, or because most Taliban no longer see the insurgency as a losing proposition. In the past five years, the Peace and Reconciliation Commission recorded 9,000 Taliban seeking to join the government side — compared with just 100 since April.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 07 September 2010 21:26 )
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