[Peace-discuss] interview with freedom fighters in afghanistan

[E. Wayne Johnson]

...as long as their land was under occupation they would struggle to 
liberate it.  They would continue to fight until the foreigners left. 
Their argument was with the Americans, not the Afghan government. They 
did not want to bring down the government, they just wanted to renew it.

"The Taliban have no problem with the Afghan government. We have no 
problem with Karzai or the Afghans. The problem lies with the 
Americans," he said.  "Why would we negotiate with Karzai if he has no 
say in running his government? They are under occupation and all orders 
come from foreigners."

The Americans, he said, had not talked to any senior Taliban to his 
knowledge. However, "the government and the Taliban have been talking 
for two years on local matters, health-related issues, prisoner 
exchange, education.  "This is not a negotiation, this is a way to help 
and benefit our Afghan people and nation. Negotiations haven't started yet."

...

"The Americans behave with arrogance and if they don't want to be 
defeated in Afghanistan they should talk.
"They don't belong here," he said. "They are foreigners, outsiders."

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/11/26-4