Afghans urged to push for peace deal

Reuters.

LONDON. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged Afghans yesterday to push energetically for a peace settlement with Taliban insurgents and said Afghanistan’s neighbours must support such an agreement.

Miliband’s conciliatory comments, in a speech to be given in the United States later on Wednesday, reflect growing acceptance in the West that Taliban fighters who break ties to al Qaeda have a role to play in the country's future.

"Now is the time for the Afghans to pursue a political settlement with as much vigour and energy as we are pursuing the military and civilian effort," Mili... ...

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