Care for Some Crumpets and Tea?

The temperature was under 0 degrees Celsius, and the man who was with his donkey man encountered an unexpected group of people, a Taliban Command Unit. What was even more unusual is that he peacefully had tea and biscuits with the Taliban.



The man questioned the commander in English why he had opened fire. Commander's response: The woolly hat the man was wearing indicated that the Afghan scarf around his neck should have been on his head. Woolly hats are worn by foreign troops.

The main, with his doneky man, replied that he was researching for his novel. The man inquired whether the commander was Taliban, and he nodded.

While having tea and biscuits with the commander Omar, the man discovered several surprising facts about the Taliban. For one, Omar has written a 75-page code of conduct that instructs his followers to shave their beards and promote higher education for girls, to broaden support for themselves.

A teacher from the some region said this about the Commander Omar: 'Mullah Omar understands and wants to serve the people. Bin Laden is an Arab who uses them.' Even while going to different region of Afghanistan, the man asked about Al Qaeda, which most people thought Bin Laden was in a Saudi hospital. 'If you see a 6ft 5in man pulling a dialysis machine up in the mountains, do tell us,' a shopkeeper in Kshakshim said dryly.

When the man finally asked the Taliban commander whether he could leave, he replied: "As you like," in upper-class English and strode off into the snow after taking a chocolate biscuit the man offered and a swig of cold tea.

It seems the world leaders should now sit down and have tea with the Taliban, too.