Two kinds of Taliban

The Associated Press reports that one taliban leader, Agha Jan Motasim, who nearly lost his life when he tried to advocate for a negotiated settlement of the war in Afghanistan has convinced the AP reporter that there are two kinds of Taliban in Afghanistan;

“There are two kinds of Taliban. The one type of Taliban who believes that the foreigners want to solve the problem but there is another group and they don’t believe, and they are thinking that the foreigners only want to fight,” he said by telephone. “I can tell you, though, that the majority of the Taliban and the Taliban leadership want a broad-based government for all Afghan people and an Islamic system like other Islamic countries.”

Well, then it sounds to me, from Motasim, that the majority of Taliban should be streaming into FOBs unarmed and surrendering. I mean that makes sense if the majority of them think that western powers are sincere about doing what’s best for Afghanistan. So where are the pictures of the Taliban surrendering?

But Motasim is right, there should be only two kinds of Taliban in Afghanistan, dead ones and those who aren’t dead yet.

Category: Terror War