Taleban rejects Hamid Karzai’s offer of contact
A Taleban spokesman has rejected Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s offer of contact. Mr Karzai had told the news organization, the Associated Press, that he would be happy for Taleban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar to “get in touch” if he wanted peace. Mohammed Hanif, who claims to speak for the Taleban, said Mr Karzai was a “mouthpiece of Americans” and saw it as a move to weaken their morale. On Monday Mullah Omar promised to step up attacks against the US forces in Afghanistan in 2006. The Taleban regime, toppled in late 2001, are fighting to oust the Karzai government.
