Karzai Calls on U.S. to Pull Back as Taliban Cancel Talks - nytimes

KABUL, Afghanistan — Prospects for an orderly withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan suffered two blows on Thursday as President Hamid Karzai demanded that the United States confine troops to major bases by next year, and the Taliban announced that they were suspending peace talks with the Americans. - Karzai Calls on U.S. to Pull Back as Taliban Cancel Talks