Afghan, Pakistani leaders meet to discuss Taliban peace talks
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February 16, 2012, Los Angeles Times
Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with Pakistani leaders here Thursday in a bid to secure their help in facilitating peace talks with Pakistan-based Afghan Taliban leaders.
Karzai's visit comes as momentum for talks aimed at ending the now 10-year-old war in afghanistan is slowly picking up steam. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Karzai said the U.S. and Afghan governments have begun secret talks with the Afghan Taliban insurgency. In recent months, U.S. officials have been meeting with Taliban envoys to discuss the establishment of a Taliban office in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar.
A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousaf Ahmadi, declined comment on the report. Previously, the Taliban leadership has dismissed Karzai as a "puppet" and publicly indicated willingness only for talks with the Americans and the West. READ....
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