Negotiation with insurgents in the Afghan print media / Hussain Saramad and Temur Beg.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: [Kabul] : Afghanistan Watch, 2012.Description: 62, 66 p. ; 28 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • Pamphlet DS371.3. S37 2012
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Summary: Summary: “In this report, the perspectives of various social, political and civil society groups on negotiation and reconciliation with the insurgents, as reflected in Kabul publications, are categorized and analyzed. This research showed that political reconciliation with armed opposition groups in Afghanistan has been the subject of a number of objections and concerns raised by different groups of diverse views. The most significant criticisms of talks with the insurgents include: lack of transparency in the process; lack of accurate and clear strategy and plan on the part of Afghan government and what many see as a submissive approach towards the Taliban; continuation of violence by the Taliban; unclear position of international community on negotiation with Taliban; inappropriate composition of the High Peace Council; risks to fundamental values, human rights and democracy enshrined in the Constitution including the rights of ethnic and religious minorities; prospect of Taliban comeback and fall of the country into Talibanism or relapse into the situation of 1990s and restart of civil conflicts. These concerns have been voiced by different social and political groups and are raised more earnestly and unequivocally as the efforts to negotiate as well as attacks by the Taliban in recent months have intensified”.
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“April 2012”.
Text in English and Dari.
“مصالحه با طالبان در مطبوعات افغانستان”—back cover.
“1391 ثور”—back cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary: “In this report, the perspectives of various social, political and civil society groups on negotiation and reconciliation with the insurgents, as reflected in Kabul publications, are categorized and analyzed. This research showed that political reconciliation with armed opposition groups in Afghanistan has been the subject of a number of objections and concerns raised by different groups of diverse views. The most significant criticisms of talks with the insurgents include: lack of transparency in the process; lack of accurate and clear strategy and plan on the part of Afghan government and what many see as a submissive approach towards the Taliban; continuation of violence by the Taliban; unclear position of international community on negotiation with Taliban; inappropriate composition of the High Peace Council; risks to fundamental values, human rights and democracy enshrined in the Constitution including the rights of ethnic and religious minorities; prospect of Taliban comeback and fall of the country into Talibanism or relapse into the situation of 1990s and restart of civil conflicts. These concerns have been voiced by different social and political groups and are raised more earnestly and unequivocally as the efforts to negotiate as well as attacks by the Taliban in recent months have intensified”.