In February 2010, Abdul Ghani Baradar, one of the Taliban's most senior leaders who is from Karzai's Popolzai tribe, was arrested in Pakistan after he was found to have been talking unilaterally to the Afghans.
Needless to say, this major objective shall be preceded however by steps to dismantle Russian cold-war-era arms dumps left on the soil of Moldova after the Soviet dissolution, full withdrawal of the ammunition depots from the region in conflict, and last but not least - the unconditional resumption of talks, interrupted unilaterally in 2006.
He is even talking about unilaterally removing some of the settlers he worked so hard, for so many years, to place in the West Bank and Gaza.
Re "Bush Seeks a Missile Shield Along With Nuclear Cuts; Calls '72 Treaty Outdated" (front page, May 2): It seems ironic that after conservatives spent decades saying that treaties with Communist nations were worthless because Communists couldn't be counted on to keep their promises, it is the United States that is talking about unilaterally abrogating the Antiballistic Missile Treaty.
Some are talking about unilaterally undoing the automatic defense cuts that give them leverage, while others are waffling on what the right cutoff is for extending the Bush tax cuts.
In his press conference, Karzai talked about acting "unilaterally," and how "history shows what Afghans do with trespassers and with occupiers".
There is no longer any talk of Chubais unilaterally selling off UES' power plants.
On the train platform, Miller, who is Lafayette's point guard and leading scorer, said he was not bothered by the standard road experience: a crowd — most often small but typically trash-talk noisy — that is unilaterally for the home team.
The arrest in Pakistan of a former senior Taliban commander, Mullah Baradar, in February is now regarded by analysts as a bid by the ISI to prevent the Afghan Taliban from unilaterally opening peace talks with Karzai's government.
