From the BBC
Dec. 2nd, 2004 08:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mrphUS offers olive branch to Taleban
The US ambassador to Afghanistan says that members of the Taleban who disarm will not be punished.
Fair enough. But the interesting bit is the neatly pointed comment they've sneaked in a paragraph or two later...
"It is not clear on what legal basis Mr Khalilzad, in his role as a representative of a foreign country, made his offer to the Taleban."
That's one way of putting it, yes.
The US ambassador to Afghanistan says that members of the Taleban who disarm will not be punished.
Fair enough. But the interesting bit is the neatly pointed comment they've sneaked in a paragraph or two later...
"It is not clear on what legal basis Mr Khalilzad, in his role as a representative of a foreign country, made his offer to the Taleban."
That's one way of putting it, yes.
