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Reuters: Taliban Contacts Still At Embryonic Stage

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Tags: Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, NATO, Taliban

Some senior Taliban leaders appear to be open to reconciliation with Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government, but contacts are in the embryonic stage and not likely to bear fruit soon, NATO's top civilian in Afghanistan said on Tuesday.

Mark Sedwill, who was visiting Washington to prepare for a NATO summit in Lisbon in November, said Karzai's government had been undertaking a "genuine effort" to reach out to insurgents who were willing to renounce violence, accept the constitution and re-enter Afghan society.

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