One of the things I emphasized to President Karzai, however, is, is that the incentives for the Taliban to lay down arms, or at least portions of the Taliban to lay down arms, and make peace with the Afghan government in part depends on our effectiveness in breaking their momentum militarily.
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On Wednesday the UN Security Council, which had been accused of inaction, called on the Tamil Tigers to lay down their arms and urged the Sri Lankan government to allow international aid agencies into areas of need.
In the meantime, our Ambassador, General Eikenberry, is working every day, pushing the Afghan government to step up its efforts to tackle corruption, and devise a plan of reintegration for the portion of the Taliban that is ready to lay down its arms and join the government.
The NTC has given forces remaining loyal to Col Gaddafi an extra week to lay down their arms but the former Libyan leader has vowed to fight on as uncertainty about his whereabouts continues.
Other factors include the decision by radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to order his followers to lay down their arms and the move by many Sunni insurgents to switch sides and fight on the U.S. side -- for pay.
"I don't think the PKK will lay down its arms, " said Shamal Bishir, the PJAK's foreign affairs chief.
And those still holding out must understand -- the old regime is over, and it is time to lay down your arms and join the new Libya.
The warfare subsided after al-Sadr told his followers Sunday to lay down their arms, but the prevailing tension in the region threatens to unravel the government efforts to bring about stability in Iraq.
And other ethnic minorities can live with a situation in which the Taliban assume a number of provincial and district governorships providing they lay down their arms, join the political process and recognize the Afghan constitution.
The deal has encouraged all but one of the Hutu rebel groups to lay down their arms but some pro-Tutsi parties oppose the proposed constitution, saying it does not give Tutsis enough guarantees.
But the defence minister says the government will not negotiate until the rebels lay down their arms, which they are doubtless too nervous to do.
In May, Guatemala's guerrillas became the last in the region to lay down their arms.
Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski has proposed a partial amnesty to persuade the rebels to lay down their arms.
Mr Erdogan has also said his government will continue anti-PKK operations until the Kurdish militants lay down their arms.
But he nevertheless ordered all of his troops on Bataan to lay down their arms and surrender to the Imperial Japanese.
Where are the demands that the FMLN guerrillas lay down their arms?
His cause was peace not a bad cause, but Ford pursued it with his usual black-and-white view of the world. (Every question had only one possible point of view: his own.) In December 1915 he chartered a ship to Europe to persuade the belligerents to lay down their arms.
And that's why we have supported Afghan-led efforts towards reconciliation with the Taliban on the conditions that members of the Taliban who wish to reconcile lay down their arms, denounce al Qaeda and sever all ties with al Qaeda, and commit themselves to abiding by the Afghan constitution.
Ali Hashim, a Salaheddin provincial council member, said Friday that tribal leaders ordered their people to lay down their arms and let soldiers enter the city.
And during this transition, we will pursue a lasting peace with those who break free of al Qaeda and respect the Afghan constitution and lay down arms.
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Both the law makers and law breakers have too much invested in the conflict for either to lay down arms easily.
Furthermore, by asserting that Hizbullah will never lay down its arms, Mr Khamenei has strengthened the impression that he does influence the Lebanese group.
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The Ivory Coast Government says it will not negotiate with the rebels - who control half of the country - until they lay down their arms.
Embarking on a peace process, the paramilitaries needed an incentive to lay down their arms.
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In 2008 a memorandum also promised autonomy, but the rebels did not have to lay down their arms.
Even if Mr Bashir keeps his promises, he may find that he can not make the janjaweed obey his instructions to lay down their arms.
They fear that Karzai and the Americans could bring the Taliban back into power without insisting that they lay down their arms.
And that is why we support an Afghan-led process of reconciliation with very clear conditions -- that any Taliban member who wants to lay down his arms, or her arms -- lay down his arms, primarily -- make clear that they support the Afghan constitution, the rights of women and minorities, and renounce any affiliation or support for al Qaeda, then they are obviously welcome in the reconciliation process.
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