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Delegates and officials pose for a family photograph at the beginning of the ' Afghanistan : The London Conference' in Lancaster House, central London January 28, 2010. (Front row L-R) Aga Khan, Afghanistan' s President Hamid Karzai, Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday he would hold a council of elders in what could could be a first step towards bringing Taliban insurgents into a political settlement of the conflict.