>U.S., PAKISTAN SEE FUTURE ROLE FOR TALIBAN.
>
>General Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan said in a joint press conference with US
>Secretary of State Colin Powell today that the US had agreed to a role for
>moderate Taliban leaders in any post-war regime in Afghanistan, reports the
>FT.com. Any new regime should include a role for "former King Zahir Shah,
>political leaders, moderate Taliban leaders, elements from the Northern
>Alliance, tribal elders, and Afghans living outside their country,"
>Musharraf is
>quoted as saying. Both stressed the need for a "broad based government," the
>story notes.
Shades of post-WW II German reconstruction!
Todd