Karzai: Afghanistan, US in peace negotiations with Taliban

MSNBC
June 18, 2011

The United States is in contact with the Taliban about a possible settlement to the near decade-long war in Afghanistan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday, the first official confirmation of U.S. involvement in negotiations.

“Peace talks have started with (the Taliban) already and it is going well,” Karzai told journalists in Kabul.

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Karzai said that an Afghan push toward peace talks had not yet reached a stage where the government and insurgents were meeting, but their representatives had been in touch.

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This article was posted: Saturday, June 18, 2011 at 9:14 am

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