Posted on 06/19/2013 5:33:57 AM PDT by Innovative
"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.
Karzai's statement followed an announcement Tuesday by the U.S. and the Taliban that they would pursue bilateral talks in Qatar before the Afghan government was brought in."
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...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.As the Massachusetts Democrat Tip O'Neill used to say, "all politics is local" -- and Karzai knows he's being South-Vietnamed.
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