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The US has been engaged in “very preliminary” peace talks with the Taliban to find a “political outcome” to end the decade-long war in Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Robert Gates confirmed today.

“There’s been outreach on the part of a number of countries, including the United States,” he said. “I would say that these contacts are very preliminary.” Gates told CNN, a day after Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the United States is holding talks with the Taliban.


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