Posted on 12/05/2004 10:41:04 AM PST by SmithL
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) --
The United States could cut its forces in Afghanistan next summer if Taliban militants accept an amnesty to be drawn up by President Hamid Karzai and neighboring Pakistan, the senior U.S. commander here said Sunday.
Any reduction in the 18,000-strong mainly American combat force in Afghanistan would relieve the U.S. military, stretched thin by the much larger deployment in Iraq. Still, the force is unlikely to shrink before parliamentary elections slated for April.
"By next summer we'll have a much better sense if the security threat is diminished as a result of, say, a significant reconciliation with large numbers of Taliban," Lt. Gen. David Barno told The Associated Press in an interview.
"That will change the security dynamics tremendously," he said.
Afghan officials have repeatedly urged supporters of the former ruling regime to abandon the fight or return from exile to help rebuild the country shattered by 25 years of war and a debilitating drought.
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"stretched thin by the much larger deployment in Iraq."
Hmmm, 78 Combat brigades in US Army and Marines. 16 deployed to Iraq.
Wrong again AP.
Thanks for your service. God bless you.
and welcome. this place should be giving you a pretty good idea of the support for the administration and the military, that you might not have seen 'cept for FoxNews...
And yet some think that we are now a player. Unborn SF will serve in this clash of cultures.
AFGHANISTAN - TALIBAN | |||
Mullah Omar | Supreme Leader of the Taliban | At Large | Unknown |
Rozi Khan | Taliban Commander | Killed (August 2004) | Hell |
Mullah Ghausuddin | Taliban Foreign Minister | Killed (May 2003) | Hell |
Mullah Abdul Jalal | Deputy Taliban Foreign Minister | Apprehended (August 2004) | In Custody |
Nek Mohammed | Taliban Commander | Killed (June 2004) | Hell |
Mullah Mohammad Tahre Anwari | Taliban Minister of Administrative Affairs | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Mohammad Rabbani | Taliban Chairman of the Ruling Council, Head of the Council of Ministers | At Large | Unknown |
Malawi Abdul Wahab | Taliban Charge d'Affaires in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | At Large | Unknown |
Noor Mohammad Saqib | Taliban Chief Justice of Supreme Court (No kidding!) | At Large | Unknown |
Abdul Rahman Agha | Taliban Chief of Justice of Military Court | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Abdul Rauf | Taliban Commander of Central Corpus | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Sayyed Haqqan | Taliban Minister of Administrative Affairs | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Noor Jalal | Taliban Deputy (Administrative) Minister of Interior Affairs | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Abdul Rahman Ahmad Hottak | Taliban Deputy (Cultural) Minister of Information and Culture | At Large | Unknown |
Rahimullah Zurmati | Taliban Deputy (Publication) Minister of Information and Culture | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Abdul Samad | Taliban Deputy (Security) Minister of Interior Affairs | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Fazel M. Mazloom | Taliban Deputy Chief of Army Staff | Apprehended | In Custody |
Maulavi A. Wahed Shafiq | Taliban Deputy Governor of Kabul Province, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
Ramatullah Wahidyar | Taliban Deputy Minister for Martyrs and Repatriation | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Abdul Latif Mansur | Taliban Minister of Agriculture | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Attiqullah Akhund | Taliban Deputy Minister of Agriculture | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Abdul Ghafoor | Taliban Deputy Minister of Agriculture | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Shams-ur-Rahman | Taliban Deputy Minister of Agriculture | At Large | Unknown |
Akhtar Mohammad Mansour | Taliban Minister of Civil Aviation and Transportation | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Mohammad Naim | Taliban Deputy Minister of Civil Aviation | At Large | Unknown |
Hadji Tahis | Taliban Deputy Minister of Civil Aviation | At Large | Unknown |
Hidayatullah Abu Turab | Taliban Deputy Minister of Civil Aviation | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Abdul Razaq | Taliban Minister of Commerce | Captured (April 2003) | In Custody |
Abdul Razaq | Killed trying to shoot Hamid Karzai | Killed | Hell |
Maulavi Faiz Mohammad Faizan | Taliban Deputy Minister of Commerce | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Nik Mohammad | Taliban Deputy Minister of Commerce | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Yar Mohammad Rahimi | Taliban Minister of Communication | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Haji Alla Dad Tayeb | Taliban Deputy Minister of Communication | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Dadullah Akhund | Taliban Minister of Construction | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Hadji Ubaidullah Akhund | Taliban Minister of Defence | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Baradar | Taliban Deputy Minister of Defence | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Amir Khan Motaqi | Taliban Minister of Education | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Mohammad Nasim Hanafi | Taliban Deputy Minister of Education | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi S. Ahmed Shahid Khel | Taliban Deputy Minister of Education | Captured (April 2003) | In Custody |
Zabihullah Zahid | Taliban Deputy Minister of Education | Captured (April 2003) | In Custody |
Mullah Abdul Wasay Aghajan Motasem | Taliban Minister of Finance | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Arefullah Aref | Taliban Deputy Minister of Finance | At Large | Unknown |
Abdul Wakil Mutawakil | Taliban Minister of Foreign Affairs | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Abdul Jalil | Taliban Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Djallalouddine Haqani | Taliban Minister of Frontier Affairs | At Large | Unknown |
Abdul Rahman Zahed | Taliban Deputy Minister of Frontier Affairs | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Abdul Hakim Monib | Taliban Deputy Minister of Frontier Affairs | At Large | Unknown |
Alhaj M. Ibrahim Omari | Taliban Deputy Minister of Frontier Affairs | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Sayyed Ghiassouddine Agha | Taliban Minister of Haj and Religious Affairs | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Qalamudin Momand | Taliban Deputy Minister of Haj Affairs | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Moslim Haqqani | Taliban Deputy Minister of Haj and Religious Affairs | At Large | Unknown |
Qari Din Mohammad | Taliban Minister of Higher Education | At Large | Unknown |
Zabihullah Hamidi | Taliban Deputy Minister of Higher Education | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Arsalan Rahmani | Taliban Deputy Minister of Higher Education | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Qudratullah Jamal | Taliban Minister of Information | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Abdul Razaq | Taliban Minister of Interior Affairs | At Large | Unknown |
Mohammad Sharif | Taliban Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Nooruddin Turabi | Taliban Minister of Justice | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Jalaluddine Shinwari | Taliban Deputy Minister of Justice | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Abdul Raqib Takhari | Taliban Minister of Repatriation | At Large | Unknown |
Mohammad Sediq Akhundzada | Taliban Deputy Minister of Martyrs and Repatriation | At Large | Unknown |
Alhaj Mullah Mohammad Essa Akhund | Taliban Minister of Mines and Industries | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Mohammad Azam Elmi | Taliban Deputy Minister of Mines and Industries | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Sayeedur Rahman Haqani | Taliban Deputy Minister of Mines and Industries | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Abdul Salam Zaief | Taliban Deputy Minister of Mines and Industries | At Large | Unknown |
Qari Din Mohammad Hanif | Taliban Minister of Planning | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Ezatullah | Taliban Deputy Minister of Planning | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi M. Musa Hottak | Taliban Deputy Minister of Planning | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Mohammad Wali | Taliban Minister of Department of Preventing Vice and Propagating Virtue | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Sayed Esmatullah Asem | Taliban Deputy Minister of Preventing Vice and Propagating Virtue | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Mohammad Salim Haqqani | Taliban Deputy Minister of Preventing Vice and Propagating Virtue | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Mohammad Abbas Akhund | Taliban Minister of Public Health | At Large | Unknown |
Sher Abbas Stanekzai | Taliban Deputy Minister of Public Health | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Mohammadullah Mati | Taliban Minister of Public Works | At Large | Unknown |
Hadji Molla Atiqullah | Taliban Deputy Minister of Public Works | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Najibullah Haqqani | Taliban Deputy Minister of Public Works | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Rostam Nuristani | Taliban Deputy Minister of Public Works | At Large | Unknown |
Qari Ahmadulla | Taliban Minister of Security - Intelligence | Dead (December 2001) | Hell |
Maulavi Abdul-Haq-Wasseq | Taliban Deputy Minister of Security - Intelligence | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Ehsanullah | Taliban Deputy Minister of Security - Intelligence | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Ahmed Jan Akhund | Taliban Minister of Water and Electricity | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Saed M. Azim Agha | Taliban Passport and Visa Dept | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Shahabuddin Delawar | Taliban Deputy of High Court | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Samiullah Muazen | Taliban Deputy of High Court | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Abdul Baqi | Taliban Vice-Minister of Information and Culture | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Saiduddine Sayyed | Taliban Vice-Minister of Work and Social Affairs | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef | Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan | Apprehended | In Custody |
Abdul Hakim Mujahid | Taliban envoy to the United Nations | At Large | Unknown |
Amir Khan Muttaqi | Taliban representative in UN-led talks | At Large | Unknown |
Sattar Sadozai | A key intelligence official | Captured (April 2003) | In Custody |
Mullah Badar | Taliban Governor of Badghis Province, Afghanistan | Captured (April 2003) | In Custody |
Maulavi Abdul Jabbar | Taliban Governor of Baghlan Province, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Nurullah Nuri | Taliban Governor of Balkh Province, Afghanistan; Head of Northern Zone | At Large | Unknown |
Muhammad Islam | Taliban Governor of Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Janan | Taliban Governor of Fariab, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Dost Mohammad | Taliban Governor of Ghazni Province, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Abdul Bari | Taliban Governor of Helmand Province, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Khair Mohammad Khairkhwah | Taliban Governor of Herat Province, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Walijan | Taliban Governor of Jawzjan Province, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Manan Nyazi | Taliban Governor of Kabul Province, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah M. Hasan Rahmani | Taliban Governor of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Shafiqullah Mohammadi | Taliban Governor of Khost Province, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Nazar Mohammad | Taliban Governor of Kunduz Province, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
M. Eshaq | Taliban Governor of Laghman Province, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Zia-ur-Rahman Madani | Taliban Governor of Logar Province, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah M. Rasul | Taliban Governor of Nimroz Province, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Tawana | Taliban Governor of Paktia Province, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah M. Shafiq | Taliban Governor of Samangan Province, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Aminullah Amin | Taliban Governor of Saripul Province, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Abdulhai Salek | Taliban Governor of Urouzgan Province, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Hamsudin | Taliban Governor of Wardak (Maidan) Province, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Ahmad Jan | Taliban Governor of Zabol Province, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Mustasaed | Taliban Head of Academy of Sciences | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Hamidullah | Taliban Head of Ariana Afghan Airlines | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Sanani | Taliban Head of Dar-ul-Efta | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Habibullah Reshad | Taliban Head of Investigation Dept | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Qalamuddin | Taliban Head of Olympic Committee | Captured (April 2003) | In Custody |
Abdulhai Motmaen | Taliban Information and Culture Dept., Kandahar, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Matiullah | Taliban Kabul Custom House | At Large | Unknown |
Alhaj Sadruddin | Taliban Mayor of Kabul City | At Large | Unknown |
Alhaj Mullah Sadudin Sayed | Taliban Mayor of Kabul City | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Haji M. Ahmadi | Taliban President of Da Afghanistan Bank | At Large | Unknown |
General Rahmatullah Safi | Taliban representative in Europe | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Esmatullah Asem | Taliban SG of Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) | At Large | Unknown |
Mohammad Daud | Administrative Attache, Taliban "Embassy", Islamabad, Pakistan | At Large | Unknown |
Mr Jan Mohmmad Madani | Charge d'Affaires, Taliban "Embassy", Abu Dhabi, UAE | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Gul Ahmad Hakimi | Commercial Attache, Taliban "Embassy", Abu Dhabi, UAE | At Large | Unknown |
Mr Mawlawi Abdul Manan | Commercial Attache, Taliban "Embassy", Abu Dhabi, UAE | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Nazirullah Anafi | Commercial Attache, Taliban "Embassy", Islamabad, Pakistan | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Rahamatullah Kakazada | Consul General, Taliban "Consulate General", Karachi, Pakistan | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Najibullah | Consul General, Taliban "Consulate General", Peshawar, Pakistan | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Abdullah Murad | Consul General, Taliban "Consulate General", Quetta, Pakistan | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Abdul Baqi | Consulate Dept., Taliban Ministry of Foreign Affairs | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Akhtar Mohammad | Education Attache, Taliban "Consulate General", Peshawar, Pakistan | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Hadji Mohammad Hassan | First Deputy, Taliban Council of Ministers; Taliban Governor of Kandahar, Afghanistan | At Large | Unknown |
Mufti Mohammad Aleem Noorani | First Secretary, Taliban "Consulate General", Karachi, Pakistan | At Large | Unknown |
Qari Abdul Wali | First Secretary, Taliban "Consulate General", Peshawar, Pakistan | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Abdul Haiy Aazem | First Secretary, Taliban "Consulate General", Quetta, Pakistan | At Large | Unknown |
Habibullah Fauzi | First Secretary/Deputy Head of Mission, Taliban "Embassy", Islamabad, Pakistan | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Mohammad Yaqoub | Head of BIA (Taliban) | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Hamidullah Nomani | High Ranking Taliban Official in the Ministry of Higher Education | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Faiz | Information Dept., Taliban Ministry of Foreign Affairs | At Large | Unknown |
General Abdul Qadeer | Military Attache, Taliban "Embassy", Islamabad, Pakistan | At Large | Unknown |
Shams-us-Safa Aminzai | Press Centre, Taliban Ministry of Foreign Affairs | At Large | Unknown |
Abdul Satar Paktis | Protocol Dept.; Taliban Ministry of Foreign Affairs ('Dr. Paktis') | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Hamdullah | Repatriation Attache, Taliban "Consulate General", Quetta, Pakistan | At Large | Unknown |
Maulavi Abdul Ghafar Qurishi | Repatriation Attache, Taliban "Embassy", Islamabad, Pakistan | At Large | Unknown |
A. Kabir | Second Deputy, Taliban Council of Ministers; Taliban Governor of Nangahar Province, Afghanistan; Head of Eastern Zone | At Large | Unknown |
Syed Allamuddin | Second Secretary, Taliban "Consulate General", Peshawar, Pakistan | At Large | Unknown |
Mr Shamsalah Kmalzada | Second Secretary, Taliban "Embassy", Abu Dhabi, UAE | At Large | Unknown |
Mohammad Sohail Shaheen | Second Secretary, Taliban "Embassy", Islamabad, Pakistan | At Large | Unknown |
Eng. Mohammad Homayoon | Tailban Deputy Minister of Water and Electricity | At Large | Unknown |
Haji Abdul Ghafar Shenwary | Third Secretary, Taliban "Consulate General", Karachi, Pakistan | At Large | Unknown |
Azizirahman | Third Secretary, Taliban "Embassy", Abu Dhabi, UAE | At Large | Unknown |
Mullah Mohammad Zahid | Third Secretary, Taliban "Embassy", Islamabad, Pakistan | At Large | Unknown |
Mohammad Sarwar Siddiqmal | Third Secretary; Taliban "Embassy", Islamabad, Pakistan | At Large | Unknown |
Alhaj Maulavi Mohammad Saddiq | Trade Representative, Taliban "Consulate General", Peshawar, Pakistan | At Large | Unknown |
M. Jawaz Waziri | UN Dept.,Taliban Ministry of Foreign Affairs | At Large | Unknown |
Juma Khan | Military commander | Apprehended (April 2003) | In Custody |
Could you be a little more specific?
: /)
'Hope they intend to look in Iran.
We just used to stare in disbelief at the blatant yellow journalism spewed forth from the SMSM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the former foreign minister for the Taliban ultimately released from custody?
I'm always leery when I hear about one of these amnesties being proclaimed by Pakistan or the new gov't of Afghanistan.
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