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karzai will hold talks with the
taliban
. they hope to start a
peace process
more than a decade after the war began. what more can you tell us about this?
>> reporter:
well, hello, thomas. what we can say is it seems the u.s., afghanistan, and
taliban
are inching closer and closer to negotiation table. the
afghan government
was sidelined, they feel the u.s. was trying to keep them out of the loop. they would have preferred that the
taliban
open offices in a more mutual country like
saudi arabia
or turkey, friendlier to the
afghan government
. they accepted the qatar offices but they continue negotiations in
saudi arabia
. the
taliban
, spoke to the spokesperson, he says any discussion of negotiations is premature. they sent a list of demands to the
afghan government
they want to be met before they come to the negotiation table as a confidence building measure. demands that include releasing senior
taliban
leaders being held at places like
guantanamo bay
or other u.s. prisons throughout the world.
>>
atia,
leon panetta
raised some eyebrows with comments on "60 minutes" that somewhere somebody knew
osama bin laden
was hiding in abbottabad. what is the fallout from that?
>> reporter:
what's interesting, you talk to u.s. officials, whether here in afghanistan and
pakistan
or even in washington, d.c., they say the same things that
leon panetta
actually said, but they don't say it on the record, they're afraid to voice those opinions. so what secretary panetta said is basically what every other american official, military official has been saying for some time now. that being said, the reason these officials haven't said it in the past is they don't want to continue to fan the flames that is already burning between the u.s. and
pakistan
, so obviously some very strong words coming from secretary panetta, words that will obviously upset
pakistan
even more.
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