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Afghanistan : Karzai seeks Saudi mediation

	October 06, 2008

Britain’s Observer newspaper has said that peace talks between the Hamid Karzai Government and the Taliban are being mediated by Saudi Arabia and backed by Britain. The report has, however, been denied both by the Taliban and President Karzai himself. “There have been no negotiations with Saudi Arabia. If any negotiations take place it will be in our own land”, Karzai said after Id prayers. But Karzai admitted that he had made a call for peace to Taliban leader Mullah Omar and asked the ...