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| Karzai and Bush in security talks |
| Afghan President Hamid Karzai has begun talks with US President George W Bush at Camp David near Washington.
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 6-August-2007
0:59:21 AM |
| Discussions were expected to focus on the fight against the Taleban and the growing number of civilians killed in coalition military operations.
The drug trade, economic development and the fate of 21 remaining South Korean hostages held by the Taleban are also likely to be high on the agenda.
Two South Koreans from the group have already been killed by their captors.
Iran worries
The two days of talks between the Afghan and US leaders are being billed as a "strategy session" on combating the Taleban insurgency.
Mr Bush is also expected to urge Mr Karzai to assert his government's authority throughout the country and root out corruption.
This year the US is giving Afghanistan $10bn, targeted at building up the country's own security forces.
Mr Bush wants to see results, says the BBC's Jonathan Beale in Washington.
Mr Karzai is concerned about the growing number of civilians killed in military operations.
He also wants the US to press its ally, Pakistan, to do more to tackle fighters crossing the border into Afghanistan.
But our correspondent says the US is just as worried about the influence of neighbouring Iran, accusing Tehran of supplying weapons to the Taleban.
Mr Karzai appeared to rebut such claims in an interview with CNN taped on Saturday in Kabul, calling Iran "a helper and a solution".
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