KABUL (Reuters) - President Hamid Karzai urged Afghanistan's Taliban to stop fighting after the death of Osama bin Laden, the Sept. 11 mastermind described by some Afghans as al Qaeda's "number one martyr", but his calls are likely to go unheeded.
The reaction to bin Laden's killing was muted across Afghanistan, where fighting has dragged on since al Qaeda launched the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, in contrast to the joyous scenes in the streets of Washington and other U.S. cities.
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