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If a federal system were to be adopted, some Afghan leaders say, it might matter less to the Tajiks and other minorities if the Taliban were allowed to govern Pashtun provinces in the south and the east.

It became pretty apparent a few years ago that it did not matter what Nato forces did in Afghanistan if the Taliban were allowed to operate freely in Pakistan.

The fighting marks the breakdown of the deal over the Swat valley early this year, whereby the Taliban were allowed to bring in their local sharia courts and system of government in return for a ceasefire and disarming of their own militias, while the Pakistan army and frontier force withdrew.

If the Taliban are allowed to open an office, adds Mr Naz, "they'll be given more space to operate.

Afghans escaping the likes of the Taliban are allowed to register, but often only after a week in the chill conditions – prompting some to lie about their nationality.

The goal for Iraq is "not that different from what we did in Afghanistan, where many people who were part of the Taliban administration, but were not really Taliban adherents, were allowed to stay in their positions," Mr. Bolton said.

Instead, the Taliban prisoners were allowed to roam free, prompting fears from some Afghan and some American officials that they would simply return to the fight — at least two already have, according to one Western official.

Journalists from around the world, invited to tour Taliban strongholds, were allowed to talk to soldiers who said they would fight forever, and ordinary Afghans who say they have lost their mud homes to American bombs.

Civilian deaths caused by allied operations had increased sympathy among Waygal residents for the Taliban, who were allowed to move into the Quam.

Some of the Taliban commanders who were allowed to switch sides and keep their guns have begun switching back, and fresh fighting is a result.

It meant de facto appeasement of al Qaeda and the Taliban -- who were allowed to reconstitute themselves in Afghanistan and Pakistan -- and it's surely done little to prevent Hamas and Hezbollah from being empowered and emboldened.