This is going well: Afghanistan suspends talks with U.S.

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Let's see, the U.S. agrees to peace talks with the Taliban and even drops the precondition that the Taliban drop ties to Al-Qaeda. The Taliban than kills 4 U.S. troops and Karzai says he won't engage at all.

A spokesman for President Hamid Karzai said the decision was taken over "contradictions" in the US proposal of direct talks with the Taliban.

Mr Karzai is angry the US did not elicit a pledge from the Taliban to talk to his government, analysts say.

Earlier, four US soldiers died in a Taliban attack at an Afghan air base.

A spokesman for the Taliban said the militants had launched two rockets at Bagram airbase, the largest military base for US troops in Afghanistan

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22965046

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/10128571/US-drops-demand-Taliban-renounce-al-Qaeda-to-allow-talks-to-progress.html