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The Afghan leader said his envoys had made repeated trips to the Gulf kingdom and to neighbouring Pakistan to facilitate the negotiations. Karzai's comments come two days after Britain's Observer newspaper reported the Taliban were in secret negotiations brokered by Saudi King Abdullah to end the conflict in Afghanistan. The Taliban were overthrown by a US-led coalition after the 2001 terror attacks on the United States.
(Deutsche Welle)
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