KABUL, Afghanistan, Dhu Al-Qa'dah 03, Oct 11, SPA -- Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai says there have been unofficial peace talks with the Taliban "for quite some time." "We have been talking to the Taliban as countryman to countryman, talk in that manner," Karzai said in an interview that is to be aired Monday night on CNN's "Larry King Live." "Not as a regular official contact with the Taliban with a fixed address, but rather unofficial personal contacts have been going on for quite some time." Karzai also said he hopes the newly created High Peace Council, headed by former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, will move the peace process forward. --SPA 14:14 LOCAL TIME 11:14 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/825381