[link|http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/10/26/ret.rodgers.otsc/index.html|Abdul Haq done in]

See, this is why we don't negotiate with terrorists.

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- The Taliban says it has executed high-profile Taliban-opposition leader Abdul Haq.

The report comes after it was learned that Haq had been arrested by Taliban forces while he was on a peace mission in Afghanistan for the exiled Afghan king, Zahir Shah...

The Taliban had been broadcasting on its radio stations before the bombing campaign began that anyone who came speaking kindly of the deposed king Zahir Shah would be guilty of treason. There are now reports from the Taliban foreign ministry that Abdul Haq has been executed.

This is an extraordinarily devastating psychological and diplomatic blow to the West, which had been placing its bets on Haq, hoping that he might rally the anti-Taliban support. And it also is a very powerful statement on the part of the Taliban itself, that it is going to deal ruthlessly with anyone who challenges its power in Afghanistan.

I say:

All bets on Haq? I sure as hell hope not, as a matter of principle. He was worth a shot, now that play is done. Time to obliterate the Taliban.