TALIBAN AND KARZAI IN TALKS TO END WAR

"Secret talks aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan have begun between representatives of the Taliban and the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai... a comprehensive agreement that would include participation of some Taliban figures in the government and the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops... a spokesman for Karzai denied that President Obama's stated goal of beginning to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan in July 2011, if conditions allow, spurred the Afghan government to set up the council or reach out to the Taliban."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/afghanistan/2010-10-06-taliban-government-war-talks_N.htm?csp=usat.me