HOSPITAL VISIT - U.S. troops assigned to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team enter the emergency care building at the Mehtar Lam Hospital in Afghanistan's Laghman province, Aug. 24, 2011. The troops are medical technicians and visited the hospital to determine if it had enough supplies and medical personnel to serve the area. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan CraneAP EXCLUSIVE: Afghans Scuttle US-Taliban Talks - -AP
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Infuriated that Washington met secretly at least three times with a personal emissary of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Afghan government intentionally leaked details of the clandestine meetings, scuttling the talks and sending the Taliban intermediary into hiding, The Associated Press has learned.
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