Iran joins international group's talks on Afghan strategy - washingtonpost

ROME- Iran for the first time joined a U.S. and NATO-dominated coordinating group on Afghanistan on Monday, sending midlevel officials to participate in discussions here on coalition military and political strategy that included a closed-door report by Gen. David H. Petraeus. - Iran joins international group's talks on Afghan strategy

Iran joins high-level Afghan talks
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