Afghanistan and US in 'Taliban talks' {video at link}

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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/02/201221615510252691.html

The US and Afghan governments have held three-way talks with the Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said.

"There have been contacts between the US government and the Taliban, there have been contacts between the Afghan government and the Taliban, and there have been some contacts that we have made, all of us together, including the Taliban," Karzai told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Thursday.

But Karzai declined to specify the location of the talks or go into further detail, saying he feared this could damage the process.

"People in Afghanistan want peace, including the Taliban. They're also people like we all are. They have families, they have relatives, they have children, they are suffering a tough time," the newspaper quoted Karzai as saying.