The Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned the killings by the Taliban of 12 Afghan civilians while he held two days of talks in Pakistan with the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Karen Allen reports on Mr. Karzai's comments.
He's condemned attacks in Herat, in the west of the country, and also attacks in the east of the country. And he basically said that there were some countries that wanted to keep Afghanistan underdeveloped now, that was a fairly, clearly pointed dig at neighboring Pakistan which Afghanistan has long accused of having links to the insurgency here in Afghanistan. Interesting because it comes just as he was leaving two-day talks in Islamabad, of course, he's been meeting Nawaz Sharif, the new Prime Minister in Pakistan.
Both sides are saying that they had not ruled out the possibility of further discussion to put stalled negotiations with the Taliban back on track.
The French President Francois Hollande has urged the United Nations and the African Union to take immediate action to bring stability to the Central African Republic which he said was at risk of going the way of Somalia. The country has become increasingly lawless since a successful rebel coup in March with accusations of widespread recruitment of child soldiers, weapons proliferation, rape and population displacement. UN officials have warned the country on the verge of collapse, saying the crisis could affect neighboring countries.
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