Afghan president renews peace calls to Taliban

Giving the Taliban a choice to lay down their arms is really a stupid idea .
If they feel threatened enough , the Taliban may go for it making everything seem alright .
But down the road the Taliban will start up again , after a period of regrouping and restructuring .
The best thing to do is Kill them .


KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai renewed his call on Saturday for the Taliban to accept his peace proposal, after a NATO offensive and the capture of a top Taliban leader raised hopes the group could be more flexible.

At a conference on Afghanistan in London in January, donor nations backed Karzai's plans for peace talks and pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to persuade fighters to lay down weapons.

Taliban insurgents have repeatedly turned down his offer, saying foreign troops should leave Afghanistan first.

"I once again call on Taliban and other opposition groups... to come back and take part in peace, reconstruction and developments of their country," Karzai told lawmakers during the re-opening of parliament after the winter break.

"Our nation, more than anything else needs peace and reconciliation. This is our country's prime desire and national necessity."

Karzai made his appeal after the capture this month in Pakistan of three Taliban officials, including the group's number 2, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.

A son of the leader of a major Afghan Taliban faction attacking Western forces in Afghanistan was killed in a missile strike by a U.S. drone in North Waziristan on Thursday in another blow to the militants.

Karzai said the government and foreign troops would continue to fight al Qaeda and again proposed reintegration of Taliban foot soldiers, who have been promised jobs, land and cash.