But the process has not been coordinated with Kabul and prisoners have just dispersed.

BBC: Barack Obama delivering his State of the Union address

This process has already begun in places like Kabul, and will accelerate in the spring and summer of 2011.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing on Afghanistan-Pakistan Annual Review

We also discussed the peace process and the upcoming peace consultative jirga in Kabul, for which, Mr. President, I am grateful to you for your support and very kind advice.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama and President Karzai Press Availability

The Northern Alliance, and in particular the Tajik-dominated Jamiat-i-Islami faction, which controls Kabul, has little apparent reason to go along with a process that is likely to dilute its power.

ECONOMIST: Special report