US want talks with Taliban

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Obama administration is still open to Taliban talks. She said the US is for the talks that would support Afghan reconciliation with the Taliban and is hoping to finalize a blueprint for security relations with Afghanistan by May. She said Wednesday the U.S. would continue to try to get peace negotiations going between the Afghan government and Taliban members willing to renounce terrorism and violence and accept the country s constitution. She said it was up to the Taliban to take up the offer. The Taliban pulled out of preliminary discussions with American officials after a U.S. soldier was accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians. Clinton also said progress is being made on a U.S.-Afghan strategic partnership that could be completed by the NATO summit in Chicago in May.