Quote:It is not as if you can politely ask them to stop.
Actually, that does seem to be the plan.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/12/us/us-taliban-talks/
Quote:ashington (CNN) -- The United States could inch closer next week toward peace talks with the Taliban if Afghan President Hamid Karzai blesses the negotiations, senior administration officials said Thursday.
Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman, who has been meeting secretly with Taliban negotiators for more than a year, will head to Kabul next week to work out the details of future talks
Military "victory" is more and more illusory. These things usually end by negotiation.