ANALYSIS-Peace moves may come to nothing in Afghanistan

KABUL, May 13 (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's two-pronged initiative to offer Taliban combatants jobs and cash while enticing insurgent leaders to the political mainstream may be a first, tentative step towards peace. It is also a minefield.

"I think there will be an inevitable impetus to reconciliation," said Matt Waldman, a Kabul-based Harvard University researcher.

"The problem will be the level of mistrust is so high that it is impossible to move forward." ANALYSIS-Peace moves may come to nothing in Afghanistan Reuters

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