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Taliban talks off; Karzai tells NATO to pull back
Friday, March 16, 2012
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The American campaign in Afghanistan suffered a double blow Thursday: The Taliban broke off talks with the U.S., and President Hamid Karzai said NATO should pull out of rural areas and speed up the transfer of security responsibilities to Afghan forces nationwide in the wake of the killing of 16 civilians.
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