Britain urges President Karzai to talk to Taliban (The Age)
Britain urges the Afghan government to put more effort into pursuing of peace talks amid fears the war could be prolonged as a result of incompetence and lack of political will in Kabul.
Taliban talks likely on Karzai agenda in Pakistan (AP via Yahoo! News)
What role Pakistan plays in any peace effort aimed at the Taliban is likely to rank high on the agenda during Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s two-day visit to Islamabad that started Wednesday.
Karzai arrives in Pakistan to discuss Taliban (Press TV)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has arrived in Pakistan to discuss the extradition of recently captured militant leaders.
Karzai gets an earful in town seized from Taliban (Muzi)
MARJAH, Afghanistan – Elders in a former Taliban stronghold berated and challenged Afghanistan’s president Sunday, delivering a litany of complaints about government corruption and NATO’s military operations on the Afghan leader’s first visit to Marjah.
In Kabul, Iranian President Says U.S. Mission in Afghanistan Will Fail (New York Times)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also challenged American allegations that Iran was providing support to Afghan insurgents during a press conference with Hamid Karzai on Wednesday.
Afghanistan war: Fight for Kandahar won’t be like fight for Marjah (The Christian Science Monitor)
In the next stage in the Afghanistan war, coalition forces are expected to build up gradually on the outskirts of the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, perhaps for months. That strategy departs from the one executed in the Marjah offensive, in which troops entered quickly.
Miliband asks Karzai to talk with the Taliban (Press TV)
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has called on the Afghan government to work harder in order to achieve a peace agreement with the Taliban.
