Mr. Karzai referred to a peace conference or "peace jirga", in which tribal and ethnic leaders will meet with the government next month in Afghanistan.

"We discussed the upcoming Afghanistan 'peace jirga,' which will comprise all the people of Afghanistan from all walks of life to advise the Afghan government on how to move forward toward reintegration and reconciling of those elements of the Taliban and others who have accepted the Afghan constitution, who are not part of al-Qaida, who will not be part of any terrorist network," he said.

Mr. Karzai met Indian leaders while on his way to Bhutan, where a two-day summit of leaders of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation starts Wednesday.