Karzai abandons Taliban talks

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said his government will no longer hold peace talks with the Taliban but will instead focus on negotiations with Pakistan. The move, which reverses Karzai's long-held determination to talk with the Taliban, follows the assassination last week by a sucide bomber of former President Burhannudin Rabbani, who headed the High Peace Council. ... http://www.euronews.net/