Tribal leaders in Afghanistan have endorsed President Hamid Karzai's proposals for seeking peace with the Taliban and inducing militants to lay down their weapons.
But there was disagreement at the jirga, or traditional gathering, in Kabul over what the Taliban should be offered. And in any case, the BBC reports, there are few signs that the Taliban are ready to agree to any deal.
They have said in the past that they would negotiate with the government only when foreign troops had left the country.
The three-day jirga - which was boycotted by opposition politicians and had no Taliban representation - was marked by fierce debate on Mr Karzai's plan to end the country's nine-year civil war.
It concluded by calling on the authorities and international forces to guarantee the safety of former Taliban members and release those being held in American and Afghan prisons.
It also backed the president's proposals to offer an amnesty and reintegration incentives to low-level Taliban who accept the constitution, while removing the names of Taliban leaders from a UN blacklist saying they should be killed or captured.
