TALIBAN & THEIR ALLIES SHOULD BE BROUGHT INTO AFGHAN GOVERNMENT

Frist: Taliban Should Be Part of Afghan Government

QALAT, Afghanistan — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Monday that the Afghan war against Taliban guerrillas can never be won militarily and urged support for efforts to bring "people who call themselves Taliban" and their allies into the government.

The Tennessee Republican said he learned from briefings that Taliban fighters were too numerous and had too much popular support to be defeated on the battlefield.

"You need to bring them into a more transparent type of government," Frist said during a brief visit to a U.S. and Romanian military base in the southern Taliban stronghold of Qalat. "And if that's accomplished, we'll be successful."

Afghanistan is suffering its heaviest insurgent attacks since a U.S.-led military force toppled the Taliban in late 2001 for harboring Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden.

According to an Associated Press count, based on reports from U.S., NATO and Afghan officials, at least 2,800 people have been killed nationwide so far this year. The count, which includes militants and civilians, is about 1,300 more than the toll for all of 2005.

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Well why not, the ground work has been laid down for the return of the Taliban already...Sheesh, let them have it...

Take a look at the Afghan constitution:

Article 3 [Law and Religion]In Afghanistan, no law can be contrary to the beliefs and provisions of the sacred religion of Islam.

Pertinent Links:

1) Frist: Taliban Should Be Part of Afghan Government

2) Constitution of Afghanistan