are quite a lot of people who have just been fighters all their life and have very sort of primitive views, really, about revenge and. ..and a very austere and puritanical kind of government. certainly no women visible. so we don t know. but what really matters at this moment is that we don t let there be a humanitarian catastrophe. if there was a mighty famine now, it would be very hard to heal anything in afghanistan or to, you know, try and help the people there, to whom we do have a strong moral obligation. i think that in britain one of the things we can offer is some of our experience of making peace in northern ireland, where you have entirely opposed groups
really, about revenge and also a very austere and puritanical kind of government. certainly no women visible. so we don t know. but what really matters at this moment is that we don t let there be a humanitarian catastrophe. if there was a mighty famine now, it would be very hard to heal anything in afghanistan, orto, you know, try to help the people there, to whom we do have a strong moral obligation. i think that in britain, one of the things we can offer is some of our experience of making peace in northern ireland, where you have entirely opposed groups and bringing them round the table and eventually coming to some kind of power sharing agreement. some kind of modus vivendi. it won t be satisfactory, it won t be everything we would want, but just about enough so that they can get the aid, they can have the money released.
and i think the evidence from the reporters on the ground is that the taliban itself isn t one thing. there are those who want to be taliban. more moderate, and there are quite a lot of people who have just been fighters all their life and have very sort of primitive views, really, about revenge and. ..and a very austere and puritanical kind of government. certainly no women visible. so we don t know. but what really matters at this moment is that we don t let there be a humanitarian catastrophe. if there was a mighty famine now, it would be very hard to heal anything in afghanistan or to, you know, try and help the people there, to whom we do have a strong moral obligation. i think that in britain one of the things we can offer is some of our experience of making peace in northern ireland, where you have
more moderate, and there are quite a lot of people who have just been fighters all their life and have very sort of primitive views, really, about revenge and. ..and a very austere and puritanical kind of government. certainly no women visible. so we don t know. but what really matters at this moment is that we don t let there be a humanitarian catastrophe. if there was a mighty famine now, it would be very hard to heal anything in afghanistan or to, you know, try and help the people there, to whom we do have a strong moral obligation. i think that in britain one of the things we can offer is some of our experience of making peace in northern ireland, where you have entirely opposed groups and bringing them round the table and eventually coming to some kind of power sharing agreement. some kind of modus vivendi. it won t be satisfactory, it
and i think the evidence from the reporters on the ground is that the taliban itself isn t one thing. there are those who want to be taliban. more moderate and there are quite a lot of people who have just been fighters all their life and have very sort of primitive views, really, about revenge and and also a very austere and puritanical kind of government. certainly no women visible. so we don t know. but what really matters at this moment is that we don t let there be a humanitarian catastrophe. if there was a mighty famine now, it would be very hard to heal anything in afghanistan or to, you know, try to help the people there, to whom we do have a strong moral obligation. i think that in britain one of the things we can offer is some of their experience of making peace in northern ireland, where you have entirely opposed groups and bringing