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Karzai offers talks with Taliban
Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's president, has offered peace talks with the Taliban after the bloodiest year since the group was driven from power in 2001.
Karzai made his offer while speaking at a religious gathering in Kabul on one of the holiest days of the Shia Islamic calendar on Monday.
Karzai told a crowd at the religious gathering: "While we are fighting for our honour, we still open the door for talks and negotiations with our enemy who is after our annihilation and is shedding our blood."
Nato's secretary-general, however, did not agree with Karzai's sentiments.
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said: "There was no point in negotiating with the Taliban, since they were only interested in harming Afghanistan and undermining efforts to build democracy."
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Karzai told a crowd at the religious gathering: "While we are fighting for our honour, we still open the door for talks and negotiations with our enemy who is after our annihilation and is shedding our blood."
Nato's secretary-general, however, did not agree with Karzai's sentiments.
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said: "There was no point in negotiating with the Taliban, since they were only interested in harming Afghanistan and undermining efforts to build democracy."
More
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2FF0F50B-16F6-4E48-9F69-473145837B8A.htm
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