Bush, Karzai to discuss struggling Afghan effort

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Source: reuters.





Bush, Karzai to discuss struggling Afghan effort

By Caren Bohan 14 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The resurgence of al Qaeda and the Taliban looms over next week's talks between U.S. President George W. Bush and Afghan President Hamid Karzai on shoring up troubled efforts to stabilize the war-torn country.


Lending a higher profile to the two-day summit, the talks will be held at the Camp David retreat in Maryland's mountains, a venue the U.S. president reserves for many of his most important meetings.

Violence in Afghanistan over the past 18 months has surged to its worst level since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001.

Karzai's government has been grappling with high civilian casualties amid intense battles by U.S. and NATO-led forces against militants. He is also contending with the crisis of 23 Korean hostages seized two weeks ago by the Taliban and the killings of two of those captives.

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I do not think Bush likes the WH anymore. Besides he can keep people at bay at Camp David.

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1. He's gonna tell Karzai to quit his bitching about civilian casualties

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2. That's nice. When do we leave?