No rift between Afghan president, NATO commander: NATO spokesman
The spokesman of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Sunday utterly rejected media reports that there had been differences between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus on the issue of assisting Afghan villagers to fight Taliban insurgents.
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