After nine years of war and the loss of thousands of lives - including 21 Australians - the Taliban finally talk peace

Taliban representatives and the government of the Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, have begun secret, high-level talks over a negotiated end to the war, Afghan and Arab sources say.  http://www.smh.com.au/national/after-nine-years-of-war-and-the-loss-of-thousands-of-lives--including-21-australians--the-taliban-finally-talk-peace-20101006-167vu.html