Prospects for an orderly withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan suffered two blows on Thursday, as President Hamid Karzai demanded that American troops be confined to major bases by next year.
Taliban Call Off Talks As Karzai Urges Faster U.s. Transition
By ROD NORDLAND and MATTHEW ROSENBERG, New York Times
Thu, 03/15/2012 - 6:31am
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