President Hamid Karzai held talks in Kabul on Monday with representatives of one of the key insurgent groups battling his government, as the president continues his high-stakes push for an eventual reconciliation among all of Afghanistan’s warring factions.

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The talks were with a small delegation from the Hezb-i-Islami faction, loyal to former mujaheddin commander Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, whom the US has designated a terrorist.
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