Afghan President Karzai tried to organize a dialogue with the Taliban - without the Taliban.
the fate of Afghan dignity decide in conferences, the country would be, well, almost functioning Westminster democracy. Whenever nearing the international attention the buffer-state Afghanistan, began and ended with the efforts conferences. The need to solve the democratic world, the problems of these splinter-nation covenanted with even quite well with the Afghan methods - at least at first glance. Democracy theorists rave about the great tribal elders and Assembly, the Loya Jirga. The old and wise men gather and palaver until a solution gefundenist. DieFriedens-Jirga: Would the Afghan fate decide in conferences, the country would be an almost functioning Westminster democracy. (A© dpa) Of course, Afghanistan is a Westminster-style democracy is not similar, even if the Loya Jirga, meeting just to be finished. Peace will not bring this peace Jirga, but it has some conclusions about the actual power of the PrA¤sidenten.Hamid Karzai seeks three things with the conference, he consolidated his position, which is not settled since the fake election last summer. The Jirga will strengthen him in the eyes of many Afghans in the negotiations with the Taliban. Secondly, he stressed that Afghanistan's fate is a matter for the Afghans, not foreigners. Third, he brings back an important element of Afghan politics: The Jirga is a traditional process in the afghanischenEntscheidungsfindung.Insofern the peace meeting would not be a bad thing, if not missing the most important condition for making peace: the presence of the enemy. The Taliban were not really invited, and they also have their opposition to the Jirga with rockets and explosive devices made clear. In general, the group feels strongly enough that they can go for a negotiated solution out of the way - they have not won the war - on favorable Tagehofft.Bisher fails any attempt to approach the Taliban politically. This is mainly on the totalitarian claim of the radical core of the Taliban, Afghanistan still want to construct the center of a caliphate, a pan-Islamic state of God. This fight Islamism, the West politically and militarily, because he sees himself as a potential victim of totalitarianism. The majority of Afghans fear that no less radical, but she also believes that the presence of foreign troops not Schutzgarantiemehr.Wer a way to know of the dilemma that point, the lies. There remains the sort of choice: who withdraws, gives the ground for the re-radicalization of Afghanistan. Whoever remains standing as a foreigner in the way of an Afghan solution. One thing is certain: Afghanistan is only themselves can bring peace. From the outside this country is never something permanent means to Afghan aufgenA¶tigtworden.Frieden a borrowed term stability. It is either guaranteed by the rule of a strong and credible potentate, or the balance of the main centers of power. Karzai tries in this balancing act. It binds as much as possible, even dubious characters in his domain. And he makes clear to the Afghans that he her husband and not the character of the West. Whether he believes this strategy is questionable: the birth defect - used by the grace of the West - is liable amPrA¤sidenten.Hamid Karzai shows just in front of his friends. They sit in a discarded beer tent in Kabul from Germany to the country and its foreign guards say: We will choose an Afghan way toward more peace. Or maybe back to war. A really powerful demonstration dasnicht. Home RSS Policy RSS RSS explosion in Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghanistan attack on the peace Al-Qaeda's "number three" killed compact policy savers SchA¤uble widespread optimism compact policy "pull up pull up!" Attack on Peace Jirga, the "love Talib" responds with Horst KA¶hler terrorism and the Afghanistan deployment Fatal admission policies compactly China North and South Korea calls for calm on (SZ from 04.06.2010/bA¶n)
