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NEWS > EVERYONE ELSE > U.S. FORMING COALITION GOVERNMENT WITH AFGHAN TALIBAN
U.S. FORMING COALITION GOVERNMENT WITH AFGHAN TALIBAN
June 19 2011
Kabul, Afghanistan – When the bombs first started to fall in Afghanistan in that momentous fall of 2001, few people imagined that a decade later U.S. forces would still be in the country. After the stunning events of September 11th swift justice was
demanded and swift justice was exactly what the United States had planned to deliver. That didn’t happen of course. It took nearly ten years, billions of dollars, and tens of thousands of lives on both sides to finally get revenge, an outcome no one on either side thought possible.
The end of Osama bin Laden was not the end of the conflict in Afghanistan. It is likely that some level of U.S. forces will remain in that country for many years to come and, if it is at all possible, real peace will not happen for many generations. However, the transition has to eventually begin if it is going to start at all and as U.S, forces get ready to draw down, a new and stable government is required in that land time forgot. To further that end, U.S. officials have reportedly begun talks with Taliban forces to hopefully forge a coalition government between the two major powers in the country which could help lead the country into the 12th century.
“Peace talks have started with the Taliban already and it is going well. Foreign militaries, especially the United States of America, are going ahead with these negotiations. We feel these talks are essential to the long term stability of this country which is of course what all sides in this conflict desire,” said Afghan President Hamid Karzai. “With the threat of terrorist forces now dramatically reduced, we feel 
this is the best time to begin these negotiations. It has become clear that the Taliban still retains a great deal of influence throughout the country, and so bringing them into the process is really the only hope for peace our nation has.”
It’s not yet clear where Karzai will stand in the new U.S.-Taliban run nation.
“We are still in the early stages, the very early stages, of these talks. There will have to be a lot of steps taken before we can find a reasonable solution to the issues in front of us, including power sharing. Things like roadside bombings and attacking girls going to school are really going to be sticking points in the negotiations. Obviously you want to respect local culture and traditions, but you also have to have certain standards and that is going to be an issue,” said a U.S. insider. “We realize that acid attacks and beheadings are a long tradition in the country, but these aren’t things that the U.S, can be expected to participate in, or even tolerate, if we are going to participate in coalition government. That is going to really press the point and become a major issue. However, the U.S. is also going to have give way on some of these issues. We are still talking.”
Suicide attacks in the capital city have decreased in recent months, but are still much higher than in most U.S. cities.
“Really the core problem here, the problem which will persist for a long time, is the clash of cultures. Afghanistan is a rural, agrarian culture which really hasn’t moved much in the last thousand years or so, and shows no signs of wanting to do so. On the other hand you have the most advanced nation in the world, and so finding common ground is going to be tough,” said Scrape TV International analyst Gustav Hander. “If you stop the ritual killings and the burning people alive you have a chance at securing a long term agreement, but the Taliban aren’t going to give everything away. That is the challenge with any negotiation, both sides need to give ground and the U.S. is going to have to understand that.”
One major sticking point has apparently been acid attacks on sexually assault victims.
Emil Uliya, International Correspondent
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