MUNICH (Reuters) - President Hamid Karzai called on Sunday for a halt to military raids on Afghan villages by the international coalition forces and a complete end to civilian casualties. Civilian deaths and injuries inflicted during operations by international forces have caused deep anger among Afghans and analysts say they encourage people to join the Taliban insurgency. "We believe that the ...

RIYADH (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai canceled a meeting on Wednesday with a major Muslim group in Saudi Arabia that had been aimed at helping reconciliation efforts with the Taliban. The meeting was called off because Karzai had reservations about the agenda, a senior official from the group, the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), said. However, an Afghan diplomat traveling ...

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai canceled 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 Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) official said, without elaborating ...

RIYADH (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek Saudi Arabia's spiritual influence and probably its financial clout to reconcile with the Taliban during talks with King Abdullah this week. Saudi Arabia has said the Taliban must deny sanctuary to Saudi-born al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden -- whose group waged bloody attacks against the kingdom in the past -- before Riyadh ...