Afghan president urges Taliban not to burn schools
Thursday, 24 March 2011
KABUL, Mar 23: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday again urged the Taliban to join peace negotiations and pleaded with them to stop attacking schools in the war-torn country, The Afghan government and its international partners have in recent weeks been avidly pursuing peace talks with the Taliban, but it is still unclear whether the insurgents are willing to engage in such a process. -AP