Holbrooke Supports Karzai Talks With Pakistan and Taliban

The U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan offered encouragement today for negotiations Afghan President Hamid Karzai has held with Pakistani officials and Taliban leaders.

Karzai’s meeting with Pakistan’s top national security officials “is a good thing, not a bad thing,” Richard Holbrooke said on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS.” The U.S. supports overtures to the Taliban by Karzai, he said.