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US, Karzai split over Taliban talks

Posted by seumasach on February 3, 2010

Gareth Porter

Asia Times

4th February, 2010

On the surface, it would seem unlikely that Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who presides over a politically feeble government and is highly dependent on the United States military presence and economic assistance, would defy the United States on the issue of peace negotiations with the leadership of the Taliban insurgency.
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