Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A top Taliban political leader delivered a message Friday to President Obama, calling his attempt to lure away Taliban fighters with money "an old weapon that has failed already." "The Mujahedeen of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan are not mercenaries and employed gunmen like the armed men of the invaders and their surrogates," Mullah Brader Akhund said in the statement. "This war will come to an end when all invaders leave our country and an Islamic government based on the aspirations of our people is formed in the country." Akhund is the deputy emir of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which is the political arm of the Taliban.
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Mullah Brader Akhund calls the strategy "an old weapon that has failed already"
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Taliban reintegration plan aims to separate local Taliban from leaders, pay fighters to quit
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Plan has "reasonable chance for some success," may not be long-term solution, analyst says
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Top U.S. commander, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, has backed Taliban reintegration plan
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