Afghanistan's Karzai Confirms U.S. In Talks With Taliban -- Yahoo News/Reuters
KABUL (Reuters) – The United States is in contact with the Taliban about a possible settlement to the near decade-long war in Afghanistan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday, the first official confirmation of U.S. involvement in negotiations.
Karzai said that an Afghan push toward peace talks had not yet reached a stage where the government and insurgents were meeting, but their representatives had been in touch.
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My Comment: What is my read .... the Americans want to bail out of Afghanistan (which I do not blame them for wanting to do).... and are laying the groundwork to do so. Our Western allies in Afghanistan are probably out of the loop, but will still follow the U.S. lead. Our Afghan allies are very worried .... and they should be.