[Ragtime Cowgirl]

"The Taliban as a movement does not exist any more," Karzai said. He said former Taliban members and leaders are frequently approaching his government to seek permission to return home.

Karzai said they could, as long as they were not members of al-Qaida and not committed terrorist acts.

Rumsfeld, visiting Afghanistan on a weeklong trip to U.S. allies in Asia, seemed to agree.

"I'm not seeing any indication the Taliban pose any military threat to Afghanistan," Rumsfeld said.

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[ThirstyMan]

His visit came a day after gunmen opened fire on a vehicle carrying Afghan aid workers east Kabul, killing five and wounding two others. Another Afghan aid worker was missing.
The victims were from an Afghan aid group called FBF and were working on projects to rebuild the rural economy, devastated by more than two decades of violence.

This always amazes me how the bad guys attack and kill the good guys. Why? The only answer I can come up with is destabilization, which serves their selfish purposes I guess.
They are demons in search of prey evidently.

[Khurkris]

Did the Taliban receive this memo?