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Gates, Clinton say US supports Afghan peace effort Thursday, 14 Oct, 2010
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) and Defense Secretary Robert Gates address a news conference at the end of a Nato defence and foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels. -Reuters Photo
BRUSSELS: US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says the United States has a say in talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, even if US officials aren't sitting at the peace table.
Gates says any reconciliation between the Afghan government and the Taliban insurgents has to be led by Afghans. But he told a Nato press conference Thursday that the US is offering advice and has kept an ear on the initial talks.
Gates says reconciliation efforts may not bear fruit anytime soon, but he says the effort is worth making.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton added that the US supports what the Afghans are doing, but isn't ready to make any judgment about how far the talks should go. -AP

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) and Defense Secretary Robert Gates address a news conference at the end of a Nato defence and foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels. -Reuters Photo
BRUSSELS: US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says the United States has a say in talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, even if US officials aren't sitting at the peace table.
Gates says any reconciliation between the Afghan government and the Taliban insurgents has to be led by Afghans. But he told a Nato press conference Thursday that the US is offering advice and has kept an ear on the initial talks.
Gates says reconciliation efforts may not bear fruit anytime soon, but he says the effort is worth making.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton added that the US supports what the Afghans are doing, but isn't ready to make any judgment about how far the talks should go. -AP