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Afghans Karzai cancels talks with Saudi leaders
[Al Arabiya Latest] Afghan President Hamid Karzai cancelled on Wednesday a meeting with the world's top Muslim body in Saudi Arabia that was aimed at pushing for dialogue to help reconciliation efforts with the Taliban. The meeting was called off because Karzai had reservations over the agenda, a senior Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) official said, without elaborating. An Afghan diplomat told Reuters that the meeting with the OIC, led by Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, was cancelled because the Afghan delegation wanted to visit Medina, the burial place of the Prophet Mohammad. Posted by: Fred 2010-02-04 |
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