1.0 link 130672 <![CDATA[Karzai Reveals Saudi Relationship: A Two-Year Effort To Help Curb Taliban]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/30/karzai-reveals-saudi-rela_n_130672.html KABUL, Afghanistan --President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday that he had sought help from the Saudi royal family for the last two years to bring the resurgent Taliban to peace negotiations.

Mr. Karzai was delivering a message to Afghans marking the Muslim holiday of Id al-Fitr, which ends the month of Ramadan. Standing in the grounds of the presidential palace, he said Afghan envoys had been to Saudi Arabia and Pakistan but were unable to start negotiations with the Taliban.

"The reality is...

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