Karzai to push for removing up to 50 ex-Taliban officials from U.N. blacklist - washingtonpost

UNITED NATIONS -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to seek the removal of up to 50 former Taliban officials from a U.N. terrorism blacklist -- more than a quarter of those on the list -- in a gesture intended to advance political reconciliation talks with insurgents, according to a senior Afghan official.

On Tuesday, Richard C. Holbrooke, President Obama's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, traveled to New York to meet with U.N. officials to press them to move forward on the delisting process, according to sources familiar with the talks.

The United States opposes the delisting of some of the most violent Taliban fighters, including leader Mohammad Omar. But Holbrooke is eager to reach agreement on removing a slate of purportedly reformed Taliban members ahead of a major international conference in Kabul this month that is aimed at bolstering stability in Afghanistan.

Thomas Mayr-Harting, an Austrian diplomat responsible for overseeing the terrorism list, has made it clear that a specially charged U.N. committee he leads will not approve the delisting solely to boost the peace process. He has also voiced frustration that Afghanistan has not made a detailed case for delisting. .... more
Karzai to push U.N. to trim blacklist of Taliban

قرار است حامد کرزی از ملل متحد حذف نام 50 طالب از فهرست سیاه را تقاضا کند
درخواست کرزی برای خروج اسامی فرماندهان طالبان از فهرست سیاه
آمریکا مافیای مواد مخدر در افغانستان و جهان - State of War, James Risen