Am I the only one who thinks this won't work?
 

Is "Taleban" just the alternate British spelling for Taliban, or is this some sort of cheap rip-off organization with one letter different for legal purposes? Or have they outlawed telling stories now?

The Taliban started in Pakistan. This is about as credible as having Syria be in charge of disarming Hezbollah.

It appears to be capitulation. I don't think that anyone can operate in this region without the local leader's knowledge and acceptance. My fear is that this means northern Pakistan will grow as a Taliban hotbed.

My overly optimistic hope is that maybe some of these villagers will say that they are sick of getting pulled into other people's wars and may tell anyone wishing to base attacks from their lands to p*** off

Originally posted by Flubber
My overly optimistic hope is that maybe some of these villagers will say that they are sick of getting pulled into other people's wars and may tell anyone wishing to base attacks from their lands to p*** off These are the *******s who find it perfectly acceptable to kill a woman, and her young child sisters, solely on an allegation from the woman's husband that she committed adultery. The justification for killing the sisters, even as little girls, is so they won't grow up to do the same thing and "shame" the family. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ons/icon13.gif It's there war too, since it's all about Allah's jihadi and the evil kaffiri.

If my older sisters cheated on their husband, I would too.

I'd try.

Supposedly the Tribal leaders are promising to end their jihad against the infedels and to expel the foreign terrorists and in exchange the Pakistanis are going to withdraw their military from the tribal areas. I just don't see how the tribal leaders could enforce this agreement even if they had the will to do so which they likely do not have.

It looks like Musharif is once again making a deal with the Islamic extremists where he leaves them alone and the Islamists agree to stop planting bombs in Pakistani cities and trying to assassinate Musharif. Classic "attack them instead of me" type stuff.

With allies like this who needs enemies?

I'd love to see the Baluchis of Pakistan and Iran rebel and form their own country if for no other reason then it would weaken both of them.

It's to early to assess what this means, but my guess is that the Taliban no longer has to fight a two front war, leaving it free to concentrate on fighting NATO in Afghanistan. If so, it's a huge setback for American strategy, and means higher casualties for NATO troops.

Oerdin: they're promising to not attack anyone but the means of enforcing that promise (the Pakistani checkpoints) are being withdrawn. The whole thing is a complete joke.

No. They've just decided to stop fighting their own people in the interests of the US.

Originally posted by Sikander
Oerdin, my thoughts were exactly like yours when I read this story. It's a failure for Pakistan dressed up as an agreement that will never be met. I don't think the Pakistani government ever expects it to be met, its just a bit of face-saving.