Assertion: bin laden's plan | /r/CapableOf | pay taliban fighters
Facets:
value: to switch sides
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: During 2008 the United Kingdom announced plans to pay Taliban fighters to switch sides or lay down arms; the proceeding year the UK government supported negotiations with the Taliban.
text: Adjusting its counterinsurgency strategy, in October 2009, the US announced plans to pay Taliban fighters to switch sides.