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Summary Britain is involved in talks with the Taliban, Foreign Secretary William Hague said Thursday.
His statement comes after the United States revealed it was in negotiations to end the Afghan war.Contacts do take place, but this is an Afghan-led process and Britain will assist and facilitate, Hague told a news conference in Islamabad following a three-day visit to Afghanistan.Britain is connected to those events but I dont want to say any more than that. Any such contacts in any case are at a very preliminary stage, he said.
