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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/afghanistan-surge-threat-to-deal.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The Commons Foreign Affairs Committee insisted the US and UK must step up talks with Taliban elements in Afghanistan" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/min-afghanistan-surge-threat-to-deal.jpg" alt="The Commons Foreign Affairs Committee insisted the US and UK must step up talks with Taliban elements in Afghanistan"/></a></p>
<p>Nato&#8217;s military surge in Afghanistan could threaten the chances of securing a political solution in the troubled country, an influential group of MPs has warned.</p>
<p>The Commons Foreign Affairs Committee insisted the US and UK must step up talks with Taliban elements rather than just wage a &#8220;full-scale counter-insurgency campaign&#8221; against them.</p>
<p>The warning came in a report into the Government&#8217;s approach to Afghanistan and Pakistan.</p>
<p>Richard Ottaway, chairman of the cross-party committee, said: &#8220;There is a danger that without political leadership, the current military campaign is in danger of inadvertently de-railing efforts to secure a political solution to what is essentially a political problem.</p>
<p>&#8220;The US should not delay its significant involvement in talks with the Taliban leadership because, without US support in this respect, there can be no longer-term peace in Afghanistan.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Tory MP continued: &#8220;We question the fundamental assumption that success in Afghanistan can be &#8216;bought&#8217; through a strategy of &#8216;clear, hold and build&#8217;.</p>
<p>&#8220;The distinction between al Qaida and the Taliban, which is so often overlooked or confused in current debates, is crucial to generating appropriate policy responses in Afghanistan.</p>
<p>&#8220;We question the Government&#8217;s logic that a full-scale counter insurgency campaign aimed at the Taliban is necessary to prevent al Qaida returning or that it could ever succeed.&#8221;</p>
<p>The committee suggested that the Government&#8217;s stated purpose for being in Afghanistan &#8211; to protect UK national security &#8211; may have been achieved &#8220;some time ago&#8221; because al Qaida&#8217;s strength in the country appeared limited.</p>
<p>The &#8220;security rationale&#8221; behind the 2015 deadline for withdrawing combat troops was also not clear, and the policy had &#8220;a number of potential risks&#8221;, according to the MPs.</p>
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