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AP – msnbc.comAfghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that he personally held peace talks recently with the insurgent faction Hizb-i-Islami, appearing to assert his own role in a U.S.-led bid for negotiations to end the country’s …AP – msnbc.com · 3 hours ago
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