Taliban leaders ‘offered asylum’ under London peace plan
Great! And while we’re at it, why not  offer them a generous pension plan and welfare for their extended tribes…
Taliban leaders could be offered exile abroad and have their names deleted from a UN sanctions blacklist as part of a peace plan for Afghanistan to be unveiled in London next week.
By Ben Farmer in Kabul/Telegraph UK
Update:Â Afghans Granted Asylum in UK, Quickly Set Up Taxpayer Scam…
Damn! If that doesn’t make them love us I don’t know what will…..?
A briefing paper on the Afghan government’s proposals seen by The Daily Telegraph says any peace deal may include “potential exile in a third country” for insurgent leaders.
The document does not name any country, but Saudi Arabia, which recognised the former Taliban regime, is believed to be a possible candidate to give leaders a new life.
The plan was endorsed by Afghan ministers and the international community in Kabul on Tuesday. It envisages a twin-track strategy aiming separately at foot soldiers and the leadership.
After eight years of intensifying fighting Nato commanders have acknowledged political negotiation is the only solution to the worsening fighting.
They are now backing a “carrot and stick” strategy of more troops to reverse the Taliban’s military momentum coupled with incentives for fighters to rejoin society.
International donors are preparing to pay hundreds of millions of pounds towards the scheme, with Japan and the US already allocating substantial budgets.
In the first phase, junior fighters, who commanders believe are mainly motivated by money, will be offered jobs, training and education if they lay down their weapons and renounce violence.
* Sure. Jobs, training and education is all they want. Trust me: they’re just like us, if we just throw enough money at it, the problem will go away…!
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Six roasted in Talibanistan



Al Amriki: doesn’t need job, Â money or security…