Afghan Reintegration Program - Not Quite Up and Running

The Afghan reintegration program, where Taliban are persuaded to rejoin their community and stop fighting against coalition and Afghan security forces, is having a slow start.  The program started some months ago and has been heavily publicized but the crossovers have not occurred at the desired rate.  The "reintegrated" Taliban will be provided jobs and monitored by their community leaders to ensure they do not resume fighting.  The reintegration program was announced by Karzai and is supported by ISAF (see backgrounder notes entitled "ISAF Support to Reintegration and Reconciliation" - Adobe Acrobat PDF file).  However, success has been limited.  Read more in "U.S. military, Afghan officials put faith in underused reintegration program", Stars and Stripes, January 10, 2011.