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    More fallout from attack on Afghan civilians

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-- right now because there's a call for allied troops to back away from villages and towns and report back to their main bases in Afghanistan strictly.

From the Afghan President Hamid Karzai only hours after meeting with.

Secretary of defense Leon Panetta and now Taliban leaders say that all peace talks -- the United States are over.

Brand new hour of some big issues on the table good morning everybody I'm Bill Hemmer welcome here morning Julius and good morning -- -- -- for Martha MacCallum this comes.

Amid protests -- an advance American soldier allegedly murdered sixteen Afghan civilians telling about that the last couple of the secretary of defense they'll try to defuse the matter but that things are still deteriorated he.

-- years on the inside -- -- streams live.

-- -- -- Bill secretary defense -- wraps up his two day trip here but it concludes with two big -- second our Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced today that he wants.

US troops to pull out of the small villages and out of the small combat.

Military bases and just go back to the large military bases here he also wants to see an end of night raids.

Andy wants the security.

Transitions to speed up here he wants Afghan troops to take the lead far sooner.

Then those people think they're ready to -- President Karzai says that in the wake of the shooting.

Which killed sixteen Afghan civilians by US soldier says that relationship has been damaged in this needs to be done now President Karzai can't actually enforce these demands under the current agreement.

He is a somewhat powerless to enforce this but US.

Military officials have to work with him.

And these are demands it would he is seen time and time again that is -- they also say they have suspended all talks with the US.

Government in oil rich nation of Qatar the Taliban claiming that the US military government keep changing the conditions for talks.

They say there is no point in talking right now that we talked Afghan officials who think this is more a negotiating ploy rather than a long term suspension.

But for right now to major blows to the current US strategy here in Afghanistan don't what did that had to say about the Sunday shooting.

All with -- this Sunday's shooting Panetta is offered his condolences to the Afghan government he is.

Made sure to express the -- the idea that this was a single -- activist had nothing to do with the united states military and he's been trying to press the idea that this was a lone shooter or not some type of military.

Patrolled -- did this.

Now that shooter has left Afghanistan he's now arrived in Kuwait and he's expected to be charged by the US military -- the next few days with probably sixteen counts of murder bill Conner -- live in Kabul Afghanistan.

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