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Taliban  Afghanistan government resumes peace talks with Taliban
Updated 12 November 2012, 15:39 AEST  Peace talks are set to
resume between Afghanistan's government and the Taliban.
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has confirmed his
representative will meet Taliban officials in the next few
weeks.  President Karzai says most of the Taliban are not
terrorists and they've been driven off the land by western
forces.  Correspondent: Michael Edwards  Speakers: Hamid Karzai,
Afghan president; Heather Barr, Afghanistan expert for Human
Rights Watch  MICHAEL EDWARDS: It's a brutal life for many in
Afghanistan. This weekend a family of six was killed when an
insurgent's bomb blew up a car in the east of the country. They
were taking their baby home from hospital.  But despite attacks
like this, the Afghan president Hamid Karzai says the Taliban
are not all bad.  HAMID KARZAI: Let's differentia