" ... Speaking in one of his last major interviews before stepping down, he told BBC Newsnight that his priority now is to bring peace and security to Afghanistan, including a power-sharing deal with the Taliban. He said that his government was actively engaged in talks with the hardline Islamic group with this aim in mind: “They are Afghans. Where the Afghan president, the Afghan government can appoint the Taliban to a government job they are welcome,” he said. “But where it’s the Afghan people appointing people through elections to state organs then the Taliban should come and participate in elections ... ”
Posted on: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 21:23:00 +0000
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