Afghanistan Asks UN to Ease Some Taliban Sanctions

[tekisui]

Source: Yahoo!/AP

UNITED NATIONS – Afghanistan's U.N. ambassador is asking the Security Council to lift sanctions on elements of the Taliban that renounce violence and agree to support the government.

Zahir Tanin told the council Wednesday the Afghan government would recommend names to the council's sanctions panel of Taliban members who should no longer be subject to asset freezes, travel bans and arms embargoes in exchange for dropping their opposition.

more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100106/ap_on_re_us/un_un_afghanistan?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

[Solly Mack]

1. k/r

[Flaneur]

2. Wait, I thought they were evil incarnate?

[NJmaverick]

3. This is good news

if the US can isolate the worse elements of the Taliban, it will certainly help secure the current Afghanistan government.