Taliban to be paid not to fight (transcript from ABC, Australia on 29/01/2010)

'Taliban fighters will be paid to lay down their arms under a new scheme unveiled at a high-level ministerial summit on the country's future in London overnight.'
Prime Minister Gordon Brown of United Kingdom has set a deadline for turning the tide in the fight against insurgents. Their major principle will be committing an initial US$140 million to win back low and mid-level Taliban fighters, via jobs, education and farming land. In my personal opinion, I think it is a good idea as to put a halt to the never ending civil war between the government and Taliban insurgents. However, we must take into account that funds have to reach to those who desperately in need instead of falling into the hands of politicians (in form of corruptions)!
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has elaborated the important role of women in Afghanistan played for the future of the nation. She reiterated that women's security, women's leadership in the public and private sector, women's access to judicial institutions, education and health services, women's ability to take advantage of economic opportunities especially in the agricultural sector has to be initiated.
By the same token, United Kingdom foreign minister David Miliband has been queried during a post-summit press conference on the contradiction planning to pay the insurgent to lay down their arms while sending troops out to fight the Taliban. He replied as saying he doesn't accept that the integration fund has been established simply 'rent back' those insurgents who are currently being paid $10, $20, $30 a day to fight for the insurgency.
Subsequently, I will be interested to see if such new scheme could be fully implemented at the end of the day which leads to end up the long term civil war and let the nation's people live peacefully!