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By Soha

CRWE Newswire Mideast Correspodent

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that there is no formal peace process with the Taliban. However he confessed that individual contacts were there with some elements of the Islamic group.

“That’s not yet a formal process,” he noted. “The road map is clear. The indications for peace would be that Afghanistan will be ready to talk to those Taliban powers who belong to Afghanistan and are not part of al-Qaeda, who are not part of any other terrorist network, who accept the Afghanistan Constitution and the progress that we have achieved in the past so many years.”

Karzai acknowledged that talks were also possible with the members of the Taliban willing to return to a normal civilian life and who are not connected to any foreign body outside of Afghanistan.

While speaking about the outside security contractors in Afghanistan, Karzai said, “I am appealing to the U.S. taxpayer not to allow their hard-earned money to be wasted on groups that are not only providing lots of inconveniences to the Afghan people but actually are, God knows, in contact with Mafia-like groups and perhaps also funding militants and insurgents and terrorists through those funds.”

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Reported By: Soha CRWE Newswire Mideast correspondent

The head of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan General David Petraeus has said that Osama bin Laden is `far buried` in the remote mountains between Afghanistan and Pakistan but capturing the iconic figure remains a key task.

In a television interview he said `I don’t think anyone knows where Osama bin Laden is`. `The fact that it took him four weeks to get a congratulatory message out or a message of condolence…indicates literally how far buried he is probably in the very, very most remote and mountainous region`.

The General said that despite having difficulty in locating him, Osama remains an iconic figure and I think capturing or killing (him) is still a very, very important task for all of those who are engaged in counter-terrorism around the world`.

While talking about the prospect of eventual reconciliation with the Taliban he said `It doesn’t mean that Mullah Omar is about to stroll down main street in Kabul anytime soon and raise his hand and swear an oath on the Constitution of Afghanistan`.

But he said there was every possibility, I think, that there can be low - and- mid-level reintegration and indeed some fracturing of the senior leadership that could be really defined as reconciliation`.

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Reported By: Soha CRWE newswire Middle East correspondent

A United Nations envoy has warned that militants may attempt to exploit the current catastrophe in Pakistan.

The UN aid envoy to Pakistan Jean-Maurice Ripert warned that armed militants could take advantage of the disaster saying `the people’s misery can always be exploited by those who have political or militant aims`. He described the floods as `the worst natural disaster the country has known`.

The political government of Pakistan has already expressed its inability to cope with the disaster. Survivors are furious over the Government’s delayed and inadequate response. Government has now asked international donors to help in the relief works after the worst natural disaster in the country’s memory. President Asif Ali Zardari and his aides have been facing fierce criticism from the flood victims, opposition leaders and media.

The Islamists have already started taking advantage of the situation. In many of the affected areas only Islamic charities have a visible presence. These charities are busy affectively `wining the hearts and minds of the people`.

Besides the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has also offered an aid of $20m if the government rejects the US aid. Spokesman of the organization Azam Tariq said `we condemn American and other foreign aid and believe that it will lead to subjugation. Our jihad against America will continue`.

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By Bobby Katz

A story out of Afghanistan today has struck a tragic cord with people everywhere. A 35-year-old pregnant woman, Bibi Sambar, was shot dead in a public trial by a local Taliban commander in the remote Qades district in the northwestern Badghis province of the country. A widow, she had been accused by the Taliban of having an adulterous “illicit affair” that left her pregnant and was first flogged with 200 lashes before being shot three times in the head - all in public — according to the deputy provincial police chief. Sambar had been held captive for three days before being executed. Meanwhile, the unidentified man with whom she had been accused of having an affair escaped.

While the International Security Assistance Force called the killing a shameful incident, the Taliban is denying responsibility. At first saying that they were not aware of the incident, later a spokesman named Yousaf stated, “This is bad work and we reject it. Whoever has done it is not a member of the Taliban and he is trying to defame us.”

No matter who was responsible for the death of Bibi Sambar and her innocent unborn child, it is a human rights violation of the most heinous nature. And while it’s not always easy to understand other cultures and the forces at work in different countries, it seems that the “rules” that determined Sambar’s fate are right out of the dark ages. One has to wonder what fate her alleged male lover would have suffered had he been caught.

Would he have been flogged in public and put to death, too?

If we are to survive as a global community, the one thing above all that has to unite us is a commonality of the value we place on human existence, whether male or female, young or old. The United States is pouring billions of dollars into Afghanistan, building infrastructure, roads and hospitals to make things better for the people of that country. But what good is it if the rule of law anyone or any group can decide at will to execute someone, especially for unproven accusations? Who protected Bibi Sambar’s rights as a human being? Who protected her unborn child’s right to life? What good is all this building of physical things when, at the very inner fabric of the country, people are at risk for their very lives because of a lack of true justice and human caring and compassion?

No matter what our beliefs, culture, race, or nationality, we all breathe the same air and have the same basic needs. Perhaps those who are creating their own laws ought to sit back and take heed of that fact and make allowances for the imperfection of man - and woman. There is big difference between moral transgressions of a personal nature and criminal ones that hurt others. Executions should be reserved for the latter.

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Reported By: Soha crwenewswire Middle East correspondent

Taliban have executed in public a pregnant Afghan woman on charges of adultery. Police said that the widow was first flogged in public and then three shots were emptied into her head.

Ghulam Muhammad Sayeedi the deputy provincial police chief said `the Taliban accused Sanubar of having an illicit affair that left her pregnant. She was first punished with 200 lashes in public before being shot`.

The 35 year old Bibi Sanubar was held captive for three days before she was shot dead in a public trial by a local Taliban Commander in the remote Qades district in the northwestern Badghis province.

The unidentified man with whom the widow was alleged of having an affair escaped.

Earlier a Taliban spokesman had said that they were not aware of the incident. However, later a spokesman named Yousaf said `this is a bad work and we reject it. Whoever has done it is not a member of the Taliban and he is trying to defame us`.

The International Security Assistance Force has called the killing a shameful incident.

The Views and Opinions Expressed by the author are his or her opinions only and do not necessarily reflect those of this Web-Site or its agents, affiliates, officers, directors, staff, or contractors. The author at the time of this article did not own any shares or receive any consideration financial or otherwise from any company or person mentioned or referred to in the article.