(AfPak) U.S. State Dept: Release of the Afghanistan and Pakistan Regional Stabilization Strategy
-- Clinton: "top priority to elevate the role of diplomacy and development"
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/01/135515.htm
-- U.S. State Department Full Document (PDF) -- "Afghanistan and Pakistan Regional Stabilization Strategy"
-- by the Office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan -- January 2010
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/135728.pdf
--- Full document states: "Reintegration is the absorption back into Afghan society of the local insurgent commanders and their followers, most of whom have no links to al-Qaeda or any extremist political agenda."
--- "we have reiterated our support for Afghan-led efforts to reintegrate Taliban who renounce al-Qaeda, cease violence, and agree to participate in the constitutional process"
--- "Funding requirements will likely exceed $100 million per year for several years."
(Afghanistan) Dawn: "New US strategy to re-integrate Taliban"
-- Dawn: "The United States on Friday announced plans to re-integrate Taliban insurgents back into the mainstream, with the process envisaged to achieve success by July 2011, a timeframe matching US plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan."
-- "If the strategy goes according to US plans, a limited number of groups and individuals will be reintegrated by December 2010, reducing the size of the security problem."
-- "While the US green-signalled back-channel talks through Saudi Arabia and Pakistan with the Taliban, they will now be officially re-integrated according to a statement issued from the office of special envoy Richard Holbrooke."
-- "A cell will be set up in the US Embassy in Kabul to coordinate efforts, with a budgetary allocation of $100 million."
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-new-us-strategy-to-re-integrate-taliban-ss-02
(AfPak) MSNBC: "Gates: Taliban part of Afghan 'political fabric'"
-- On Pakistan visit, defense secretary says U.S. doesn't want bases in country
-- U.S Defense Secretary Gates told AFP: "The Taliban, we recognize, are part of the political fabric of Afghanistan at this point ... The question is whether they are prepared to play a legitimate role in the political fabric of Afghanistan going forward, meaning participating in elections, meaning not assassinating local officials and killing families."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34995797/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/
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