Olive Branch Extended to Taliban Leader
From Times Wire Reports
A veteran Afghan official said Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar might be ready to make peace and that the government should welcome him.
Sibghatullah Mojaddidi, the head of a peace commission, said he would negotiate with any Afghans ready to lay down their arms and recognize the new government. Mojaddidi said Omar and warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, both wanted as terrorists by the U.S., should be eligible for reconciliation.
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