U.S. cool to Karzai plan on Taliban - latimes

At a London gathering, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai details a peace initiative aimed at reconciling with the insurgency's top echelon. The U.S. approach is more limited.

The Afghan leader said he plans to convene a "grand peace jirga," or council, of prominent Afghans in the next few weeks to debate what steps to take, thus lending legitimacy to the peace effort. - US cool to Karzai plan on Taliban

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