U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Powell scans his sector after receiving intelligence that insurgents were moving towards the team while they were inspecting a construction project in the Tagab District Center, Kapisa province, Afghanistan, Sept. 2, 2010. Miller and Bell are assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team Kapisa. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joe LawsKarzai Divides Afghanistan In Reaching Out To Taliban -- Wall Street Journal
KABUL—Afghan President Hamid Karzai's recent attempts to placate the Taliban haven't made him many new friends among the insurgents. But they have definitely alienated some crucial old friends: the country's ethnic minorities, who have been a linchpin of Mr. Karzai's American-backed government.
After nine years of war, Mr. Karzai has little faith that coalition forces can rout the Taliban, his aides say. The insurgency, which is overwhelmingly waged by Pashtuns—Afghanistan's largest ethnic group—shows no sign of abating despite the surge in U.S. troop numbers. Instead, the Afghan leader, himself a Pashtun, is seeking a negotiated peace deal with the Islamist militants.
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