U.S. Confirms Afghan Taliban Talks as Karzai Criticizes Motives
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The U.S. has made “very preliminary” contacts with Afghan Taliban guerrillas, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, after Afghanistan’s president said he is looking to Pakistan to mediate peace talks.
President Hamid Karzai’s speech, and a reaction yesterday from U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, illustrated again recent tensions between the U.S. and the Afghan leader whose government it is supporting.