Afghan leader tells Taliban not to fight after bin Laden death
Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on the Taliban on Monday to refrain from fighting after the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and said the Taliban must learn a lesson from his death. Karzai described the killing of bin Laden by US special forces north of the Pakistani capital Islamabad as "important news".
"The Taliban must learn a lesson from this. The Taliban should refrain from fighting," Karzai told a nationally televised news conference. (Reuters)
