karzai-taliban deal

Developments in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India pose new challenges for the still forming Obama foreign-policy team. The Karzai government has unilaterally moved to wind down its conflict with the Taliban, new leaders in Islamabad are sending mixed signals and the assault in Mumbai could inflame India-Pakistan tensions. The new president could face hard choices.

Sometimes you just don’t want to wait for the full Pentagon transcript.
I just got an email summary from the Pentagon’s in-house press shop of spokesman Geoff Morrell’s briefing. In it, he issues what I think is the first official administration confirmation that the U.S. will support the emerging Karzai-Taliban peace talks. Check it out.