President Obama to host Afghan President Karzai and delegation at White House for meetings on Friday, Jan 11 - @Reuters

Afghan president: No peace talks with the Taliban unless only Afghans involved and violence stops - @AP

Afghanistan suspends security talks with the US 1 day before American officials are set to meet with the Taliban for formal talks - @CNN

Mortar attack on Afghan base kills 4 American service members, defense official says - @NBCNews, @BBCBreaking

Attacks on US targets in Afghanistan will continue, spokesman of new Taliban political office in Doha tells Al Jazeera - @AJELive

President Obama on Taliban peace talks: 'I want to publicly commend Afghan President Karzai for taking this courageous step' - @NBCNews

Senior administration officials say developments in Afghanistan and Doha 'received a positive response' from G8 leaders briefed by President Obama - @ZekeJMiller

US and Taliban to meet for 1st time to begin talks to end Afghan war, officials say - @NBCNews

Taliban says they will open an office in Qatar to seek political solution to Afghanistan war - @AP

Afghanistan will send a team to Qatar for peace talks with the Taliban, President Hamid Karzai says - @Reuters

More: Kabul's deputy police chief says blast was near the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission - @AP

President Obama to host Afghan President Karzai and delegation at White House for meetings on Friday, Jan 11 - @Reuters

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President Obama to host Afghan President Karzai and delegation at White House for meetings on Friday, Jan 11 - @Reuters

Afghan president: No peace talks with the Taliban unless only Afghans involved and violence stops - @AP

Afghanistan suspends security talks with the US 1 day before American officials are set to meet with the Taliban for formal talks - @CNN

Mortar attack on Afghan base kills 4 American service members, defense official says - @NBCNews, @BBCBreaking

Attacks on US targets in Afghanistan will continue, spokesman of new Taliban political office in Doha tells Al Jazeera - @AJELive

President Obama on Taliban peace talks: 'I want to publicly commend Afghan President Karzai for taking this courageous step' - @NBCNews

Senior administration officials say developments in Afghanistan and Doha 'received a positive response' from G8 leaders briefed by President Obama - @ZekeJMiller

US and Taliban to meet for 1st time to begin talks to end Afghan war, officials say - @NBCNews

Taliban says they will open an office in Qatar to seek political solution to Afghanistan war - @AP

Afghanistan will send a team to Qatar for peace talks with the Taliban, President Hamid Karzai says - @Reuters

More: Kabul's deputy police chief says blast was near the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission - @AP