No.Dealing with Terrorists will only embolden them.If this is the attitude, world could have done a deal with Nazis.Agreed that the present position in rooting out terrorism is unsatisfactory, talking to Taliban is not to be encouraged as it signals the weakness of the State.What is needed is total cooperation of States that want to fight terrorism and in the process they should ensure that no State that encourages Terrorism is spared, whatever be the personal interest of a particular Nation..International community must up its internal defenses and deal ruthlessly with these criminals and they should isolate States/Communities that promote terrorism.
No time frame can be set for eliminating terrorists as this is a social process and it needs the change of attitude of a particular sect/Nation.
For the same reason, no Nation can commit its troops to solve the problem that has its roots in a particular Nation.
1: Should some senior Taliban figures be taken off the US’ black list in order to facilitate negotiations?
2: If you’re country is contributing to the military and nation-building effort in Afghanistan, are you happy to commit for the next 15 years? President Karzai says that may be necessary.
3: Gordon Brown says the ‘tide must turn’ by mid-2011 in the fight against the Taliban. Does that seem like a reasonable deadline? And are you confident such a moment can be measures?
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