Iran, US find common ground on Afghanistan

Delegates from almost 80 countries and organizations are meeting in the Hague to discuss reconstruction in Afghanistan. Ms Clinton said the United States and Iran share mutual interests in Afghanistan, and the US envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke had a brief and cordial meeting. She also said that the Iranian Minister's speech was promising because of his offer to cooperate over border security to take on Afghan drug smugglers. She told the conference that she supports Afghanistan's plans to hold reconciliation talks with with moderate members of the Taliban. She said:"We must support the efforts by the government of Afghanistan to separate the extremists of Al Quaeda and the Taliban from those who join their ranks, not out of conviction, but out of desperation."