Taliban payout could be unpopular

The US is endorsing a plan to provide financial incentives to Afghan Taliban fighters to lay down their weapons.

Barack Obama, the US president, wants to begin drawing down troops by next year and the proposal could help him achieve that goal.

But, while many Americans want the war to end, the idea of paying the Taliban could turn out to be unpopular.

Al Jazeera’s Rosiland Jordan reports.