Hopeless Karzai faults Pakistan at Bonn

Up until now, they have sadly refused to back efforts for negotiations with the Taliban, Karzai told Der Spiegel weekly in comments reported in German and due to be published on Monday.The Bonn meeting will seek to chart a course for Afghanistan after the NATO withdrawal in 2014, but a boycott by Pakistan has dealt a blow to already fragile hopes for a roadmap.Pakistan is seen as vital to any prospect of stability in the war-ravaged country a decade after US-led forces ousted the Taliban.But Islamabad pulled out after 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed in cross-border NATO air strikes a week ago.The United States has voiced regret over the strikes but has stopped short of issuing an apology while the American military conducts an investigation.Islamabad has so far refused to take part in the probe, exacerbating fears of a prolonged crisis between Pakistan and the United States.Pakistan, reacting to fury from its people over the attack, shut down NATOs vital supply line into Afghanistan and boycotted the Bonn conference.