Taliban members in receipt of the cash payments were also asked to participate in a survey about their reasons for joining the insurgency.
UK ‘hires’ Taliban for £100 on no-kill mission
A survey. A SURVEY. Imagine the questions for a second. “Why did you decide to join the war on terror as an "enemy”?“ "What did you think of Bush’s reaction after 9/11?” etc etc. Who was the mastermind behind this “initiative”?
Also from the article:
Details have emerged of a NATO “reintegration program” which paid £100 a month as an incentive to dissuade Taliban fighters – including those known to have committed atrocities – from attacking ISAF forces in Afghanistan.
Basically it was a “fill in this questionnaire and stop throwing bombs at us for a while” moment.
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