Karzai Says Western Troops Could Stay 10 Years (ap)

US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke seen here in Washington, DC in January. Holbrooke said Monday that world powers meeting in London this week will back plans for a truce with local Taliban commanders in Afghanistan, provided the fighters renounce Al-Qaeda.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AP – Afghan President Hamid Karzai told a global meeting Thursday that he will soon convene a peace conference in his country to lure Taliban fighters to renounce violence but he still expects foreign troops to stay for up to a decade.

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