Mullah Omar could be Afghan president, Hamid Karzai says

His approaches have been publicly rebuffed so far and as recently as this week
the militants issued a statement denying they were in talks with the “stooge
Kabul regime”.

Mullah Omar has been on the run since his government was ousted in 2001 and
still has a $10 million dollar bounty on his head from the United States
government because he “represents a continuing threat to America and
her allies”.

The American embassy in Kabul declined to comment on Mr Karzai’s offer.

Afghans wary of Mr Karzai’s approaches to the Taliban complain that by calling
them brothers he apparently overlooks the large number of civilian
casualties they cause and undermines the morale of the police and army
fighting them.

Meanwhile the outgoing American ambassador to Kabul, Ryan Crocker, said he
thought the chances of another civil war, or an economic collapse were slim
after Nato combat troops pull out at the end of 2014.

At the weekend, donors promised $16 billion (£10 billion) of aid to the
impoverished nation over the next four years.

He said it was difficult to confirm reports that ethnic factions were rearming
in preparation for civil war.

“Politics is breaking out all over,” he told the AP news agency.

“You don’t see many signs of the people saying ‘Well, it’s time to start
digging the trenches again.'”

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