u.s. in peace talks with taliban, afghan president says

The United States is involved in peace talks with Taliban, Afgan President Hamid Karzai  told a youth group in Kabul on Saturday.                                                                                   “Peace  negotiations with the Taliban and with other countrymen have been started,”Karzai told reporters after his earlier announcement on state TV. “Those who accept the constitution freedom, democracy and development of Afghanistan can take part in this negotiation.”                                                                              Representatives of the government and insurgents have been in touch, but there have beeen no high-level meetings, Karzai said. He added there was no specific agenda.                                                                                      U.S. officials could not immediately be reached for comment.                                                                                   The United States has said that the  Tliban and other groups should separate from alQaeda, renounce violence and abaid by the Afghan constitution.