Britain + Afghanistan
Guardian – The British move closer to 4GW thinking –
Officials say the new tactics are to identify “Talibs who are sick of fighting” and persuade them to rejoin their tribes and benefit from the human rights laws and state structures being set up in the country. Captured fighters may also be offered alternatives to incarceration, while more deals will be sought with tribal elders.
An official familiar with British policy on Afghanistan described the difference this way: “The Taliban is not a homogenous group. It is a mixture of characters – criminals, drug dealers, people out of work. There is a wide variety of different people. The Taliban pays them to carry out these attacks so there are ways to tackle the problem, to split off the disillusioned.”
but are worried about poppy –
British officials are worried about the consequences of US proposals to eradicate Afghanistan’s opium poppy harvest, which include spraying the crops from the air, a policy it adopted in Colombia.
-Shlok
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