Taliban must be integrated politically

Further concessions must follow on the Nato-financed opt-out programme for Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, writes the daily Dzienik Gazeta Prawna: "Until now the West has financed the war and the aid programmes. But that is a dead end, and can only result in defeat. The conference in London is finally asking the decisive question: 'How can we persuade the Taliban to stop fighting us?' The Nato states and the Afghan government have resolved to buy them out. But that alone is insufficient, because more political concessions are needed. For this process to be believable the Taliban must be allowed to run in parliamentary elections, the office of governor (now filled by President Hamid Karzai) must be revamped, a government of reconciliation with the participation of the rebels must be formed and there must be a partial withdrawal of Western troops."

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