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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Afghan leader appeals to Taliban to lay down guns By RAHIM FAIEZ and HEIDI VOGT,Associated Press Writers - Monday, February 1 Send IM Story Print KABUL – Afghanistan's president appealed to Taliban fighters Sunday to lay down their weapons and accept Afghan laws as the government and its international allies push a program to entice militants away from the insurgency. President Hamid Karzai spoke three days after he and Western backers agreed at a conference in London to create a more comprehensive program to bring Taliban insurgents over to the government's side in order to reduce violence that has raged in recent years. Incentives have existed for years for the Taliban to stop fighting, but these have generally been ineffective, attracting only the lowest-level fighters with no guarantees they wouldn't return to the insurgency or that promised aid would come through. And despite incentives, the insurgency has expanded steadily in the past six years. In 2004, NATO estimated that fewer than 400 Taliban were left in Afghanistan. By last year that figure had grown to nearly 25,000, with the latest estimates in early 2010 putting the number of insurgents at close to 30,000. Karzai stressed he plans to reconcile with Taliban leaders as much as they are willing, but he made clear his offer of reconciliation did not extend to anyone in al-Qaida, saying there was no room in Afghanistan for terrorists. "We are trying our best to reach as high as possible to bring peace and security," Karzai said in his first news conference since returning from London. Karzai has said previously he is willing to talk to Taliban leader Mullah Omar and welcome back any militants who are willing to recognize the Afghan constitution. However, the Taliban has always set the withdrawal of international troops as a precondition for any negotiations. Karzai called that unrealistic, saying the NATO coalition should be expected to stay until they achieve their goal of removing al-Qaida and other terrorist threats. Afghanistan's international backers agreed in London to provide funding for a renewed effort to woo Taliban away from al-Qaida and the insurgency, given the commitment of the Afghan government to institute a more comprehensive and thorough program, including jobs and education. The details will be worked out in a meeting of elders, clerics and other representatives to be held "very soon," Karzai said. Karzai is scheduled to travel this week to Saudi Arabia, one of the few countries that recognized the Taliban regime before it was ousted in 2001 and whose leaders have acted as intermediaries before. Karzai declined to say if he planned to discuss the new reconciliation plan with the Saudis. "The role of Saudi Arabia is extremely important for Afghanistan," Karzai said. "This role we're seeking is not only for talks with the Taliban. It's a broader role that we're seeking, which is for peace-building in Afghanistan, for improved relations with our nations and for reconstruction and assistance." Saudi Arabia pledged an additional $150 million in aid to Afghanistan at the London conference. Karzai also stressed the need to curb civilian casualties by pro-government forces and reiterated his demand for NATO to end night raids, which have increasingly drawn public anger. U.S. officials have said the top NATO commander, U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, plans to issue a new directive on night raids soon. Last year, he curbed the use of airpower to assuage rising public anger over civilian casualties. Commanders still have the option of calling in airstrikes if they come under fire and civilians are not at risk. An Afghan baby was killed and a woman wounded during one such NATO-Afghan operation targeting militants in central Afghanistan on Saturday, the international force said. The casualties occurred when the joint force came under fire from several locations as it approached a compound in Uruzgan province, prompting a gunbattle, according to a statement. "The joint force protected the women and children in the compound, however afterwards one woman with minor wounds and a baby who suffered fatal injuries were found," it said. Four suspected insurgents also were killed. U.S. Army Col. Wayne Shanks, a NATO spokesman, expressed regret for "this tragic loss of innocent life." 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