Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai said Friday he met with Taliban militants in attempts to bring peace to the country and urged supporters of the fundamentalist militia to lay down their weapons."We have had representatives from the Taliban meeting with different bodies of Afghan government for a long time," Karzai told a news conference in Kabul. "I have had some Taliban coming to speak to me as well," he said.
Karzai did not disclose any details of these meetings, or indicate if they included talks with senior militant leaders.
Hundreds of former members of the once-ruling hardline Taliban regime have reconciled with the government since they were ousted from power in the U.S.-led invasion in 2001.
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