MOSCOW, January 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russia proposed Friday the publication of a list of high-ranking leaders of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan in a bid to stop the spread of terrorism in the country. "We believe the Taliban issue can be resolved if a list of the Taliban leaders ranking down to 'deputy minister' and 'governor' is made public," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said. Referring to Taliban leaders who occupied high posts in the radical Islamic movement when it ruled Afghanistan during 1996-2001, Kamynin said the individuals should be declared outside the law and made to stand trial.
Kamynin said Russia was concerned about the emergence of former warlords and other notorious Taliban leaders in the current Afghani parliament, including Mullah Abdul Salam Raketi and Maulvi Arsala Rahmani.
"Such reconciliatory gestures toward the Taliban will hardly bring the expected effect and will not stop them from conducting anti-government activities," Kamynin said.
