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Karzai alleges collusion between U.S., Taliban

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS

Posted: March 11, 2013 at 5 a.m.

JASON REED
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U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (left) meets with Afghanistan’s Interior Minister Ghulam Mujtaba Patang at the International Security Assistance Force headquarters in Kabul on Sunday. It is part of Hagel’s first official trip since being sworn in as defense secretary.

KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday accused the Taliban and the U.S. of working in concert to convince Afghans that violence will worsen if foreign troops leave — an allegation the top American commander in Afghanistan rejected as “categorically false.”

Hagel: U.S. not working unilaterally with Taliban

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday night. Hagel told reporters that he discussed all the key issues with the president. He also rejected any suggestions that the U.S. is in collusion with the Taliban. (By The Associated Press)
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