DAILY DIALECTIC
January 29, 2010

"President Karzai, who has said he would be prepared to give Mullah Omar 'safe passage' if he agreed to lay down his arms, is using the London conference to push for more names to be taken off the list. General Stanley McChrystal, the US Nato commander, said earlier this week that he could envisage some former Taliban members being brought into the Kabul government. And Kai Eide, the UN chief in Kabul, called for the lifting of sanctions as a prelude to the opening of direct negotiations..."

> New Afghan plan: Buy off Taliban; 'Even those who took part in attacks involving the deaths of British or US soldiers would be rehabilitated'