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Titolo: Una guerra costosa e già persa

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            Taliban attacks Afghan peace jirga
                        Police captured one Taliban fighter and killed two 
others after a long gun battle[AFP]
            Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, has opened a three-day peace 
conference in the capital, Kabul, amid rocket fire and at least one suicide 
bombing.
            Several rockets were launched at the tent housing the 
conference, locally called a "jirga", during Karzai's opening speech on 
Wednesday. Long bursts of gunfire were also heard nearby.
            A suicide bomber also blew himself up near the tent, according 
to Afghan police. No casualties were reported, except for the bomber. The 
Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
            Zemeri Bashary, a spokesman for the interior ministry, said 
police killed two other fighters, and captured a third, in a house near the 
conference site.
            Zabiullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, said the attackers were 
dressed in Afghan army uniforms.
            The Afghan president left the area in an armoured convoy after 
his speech.
            Extra police deployed
            Security was a major concern in the weeks leading up to the 
conference. Extra police have been deployed throughout the capital, and 
journalists reported long delays at checkpoints on Wednesday morning.
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            The Taliban warned delegates to stay away in an audio recording 
released last month, saying that "the punishment for participating in the 
jirga is death".
            "I think some Afghans... will say, if they can't even secure the 
area around the gathering that they've talked about for months on end, with 
the immense security preparations they have in place, what chance do they 
have of trying to secure the rest of the country?" Al Jazeera's James Bays, 
reporting from Kabul, said.
            Mirwais Yasini, the deputy speaker of the Afghan parliament, 
called Wednesday's attack "a very big security blunder".
            "It was a big shock for us [at the jirga] and for the nation," 
he told Al Jazeera.
            "We were sure that the security was very good here and there 
would be no security blunder."
            Dialogue with Taliban
            Delegates at the traditional assembly of elders hope to reach an 
agreement on how the government should hold dialogue with the Taliban.
            Yasini said dialogue is the only solution to the conflict in 
Afghanistan.
            "We have to have jirga because there is no military solution to 
the Afghan conflict," he said.
            "The war [has] expanded in reach to almost 20 provinces of 
Afghanistan ... We have to have an end to that and that will be a dialogue."
                  "We have to have jirga because there is no military 
solution to the Afghan conflict."
                  Mirwais Yasini,
                  deputy speaker of the Afghan parliament
            Analysts say the delegates - which were selected by the 
government, and include tribal leaders, politicians, and members of civil 
society - are likely to reach a broad agreement on engaging the Taliban.
            The plan calls for the government to offer jobs to low-level 
Taliban soldiers who agree to stop fighting.
            In his opening address, Karzai criticised the Taliban for 
bringing suffering and oppression to Afghanistan.
            "The Afghan nation is looking at you," he said, addressing the 
delegates.
            "They await your decisions, your advice, so that you can show 
the Afghan nation the way to reach peace, to rescue Afghanistan from this 
suffering and pain."
            Barack Obama, the US president, has called the conference "an 
important milestone that America supports". European diplomats have also 
hailed it as a "crucial step to demonstrate national consensus".
            Staffan de Mistura, the head of the United Nations mission in 
Afghanistan, said he was cautiously optimistic that participants in the 
jirga would agree on a deal.
            "I believe they're tired of fighting... the Afghans are tired of 
a conflict that they will never win, that nobody else will ever win," he 
said.
            Scepticism
            But critics of Karzai's government, and many outside analysts, 
are sceptical that the conference will produce a detailed blueprint for 
reconciliation with the Taliban.
            Karzai's main rivals have been excluded from the conference and 
representatives from the Taliban and groups like Hezb-i-Islami were not 
invited.
            Abdullah Abdullah, Karzai's main rival in last year's 
presidential election, declined to attend the conference, saying the 
hand-picked delegates do not represent Afghan public opinion.
            Elders in several provinces, including Helmand and Khost, say 
the most influential tribal leaders were rejected in favour of those loyal 
to the government.
            The Taliban is also dismissive of the event. In a statement sent 
to news organisations on Tuesday, the group said the conference does not 
represent the Afghan people, and is aimed at "securing the interest of 
foreigners".
            Human rights groups say the list of delegates is too 
male-dominated: Only 20 per cent of the conference attendees will be women. 
The number of women was increased after Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of 
state, warned Karzai that women were being ignored.
            AlJazeera

             Taliban attacks Afghan peace jirga
dunque.
Gli Israeliani attaccano una spedizioni di pacifisti.
Gli Israeliani se ne devono andare dalla Palestina.
I Talebani attaccano una conferenza di esponenti delle trib� afghane.
Le forze Nato se ne devono andare dall'Afghanistan.
Qualcosa mi sfugge.
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E' tutto perfettamente chiaro, invece. E io non sono molto d'accordo!
Ivan.


Credo che ti sfugga quasi tutto 

 Le forze Nato se ne devono andare dall'Afghanistan.
le forze Nato sono afghane?