Afghan president suspends talks with US on security deal
The Afghan president on Wednesday suspended talks with the United States on a new security deal to protest the way his government was being left out of initial peace negotiations with the Taliban meant to find a way to end the nearly 12-year war.
THE United States is holding talks with the Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said today, in the first official confirmation of such contacts after nearly 10 years of war.