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Sources: Taliban split with al Qaeda, seek peace

Taliban leaders are holding Saudi-brokered talks with the Afghan government to end the country's bloody conflict -- and are severing their ties with al Qaeda, sources close to the historic discussions tell CNN. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_world?a=psmINs"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_world?i=psmINs" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=FaZlM"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=FaZlM" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=coD7M"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=coD7M" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=PSFJm"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=PSFJm" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=3gDCM"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=3gDCM" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?a=N8Yhm"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_world?i=N8Yhm" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~4/412789246" height="1" width="1"/>