Karzai Appealing to Saudis for help in Peace Talks with taliban

Don't make the same mistake the Pakistanis did when they made peace deals with the taliban. It will only give them time to grow stronger. Xinhuanet

KABUL, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has disclosed that his administration wanted talks with Taliban through the mediation of Saudi Arabia, an Afghan web site Quqnoos reported on Wednesday.

"Since two years I have been sending letters and messages to the Saudi Arabian king and requested him, as a world Muslim leader, to help us bring peace in Afghanistan," Quqnoos quoted the president as saying.[...]

"Our envoys traveled many times to Saudi Arabia and to Pakistan, but the discussions have not started yet. We hope that it happens soon," he said.

He made this admission after a British newspaper the Observer revealed Sunday that talks between Taliban and Afghan government with the support of Britain was going on.