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Camp David - US President George W. Bush and Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowed yesterday to finish off the Taleban, which Karzai said was a defeated force that attacks civilians but is not a threat to his government.
Karzai, visiting the US amid renewed concern about violence in Afghanistan and the threat from militants across the border in Pakistan, said he was building up his Army and police with US help.
"Our enemy is still there, defeated but still hiding in the mountains. And our duty is to complete the job," he said in the second day of meetings at the Camp David presidential retreat.
Bush and Karzai agreed the Taleban should not get concessions for the release of the 21 Korean hostages they seized last month, a White House official said.
The kidnappers have killed two of the 23 initially captured and are demanding the release of Taleban prisoners in exchange.
- Reuters
