U.S. tries saving Taliban talks after Karzai objects
Thursday, June 20, 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Hopes dimmed for talks aimed at ending the Afghan war when an angry President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday suspended security negotiations with the U.S. and scuttled a peace delegation to the Taliban, sending American officials scrambling to preserve the possibility of dialogue with the militants.
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