Afghan peace efforts show flickers of life
WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai will discuss matters of war, including future U. S. troop levels and Afghanistan’s army, when they meet on Friday, but matters of peace may be the most delicate item on their long agenda. After nearly 10 months in limbo, tentative reconciliation efforts involving Taliban insurgents, the Karzai government and other major Afghan factions have shown new signs of life, resurrecting tantalizing hopes for a negotiated end to decades of war. Pakistan, which U. S. . . .
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