Showing posts with label amnesty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label amnesty. Show all posts

Friday, January 14, 2011

Afghanistan Amnesty Deals Not Successful in 2010

Amnesty deals (or reintegration) in Afghanistan have not been successful in the past year.  The military would like to pull middle- and low-ranking Taliban fighters from the insurgency and reintegrate them into Afghan society but it isn't working as planned.  Less than 800 fighters have signed up for the plan - just a fraction of the 30,000 Taliban fighting against the corrupt Afghan government and coalition military troops. Read more in "A Year in, Amnesty Deal Lures Only 3 Percent of Taliban", Wired.com Danger Room, January 3, 2011.