The president of Afghanistan Mr. Hamid Karzai had admitted for the first time that his government and the US are having direct discussions with the Taliban. He acknowledged that the talk is progressing. He acknowledged that the US military is going ahead with the negotiations.

Mr. Karzai blasted the foreign nations who were fighting for years to defend him and his government for about a decade now. The president said that the foreign forces were in his country to protect their own interests and not the interests of the Afghani people. The president spoke at a youth conference at the presidential palace that the foreign forces were using his country.

As the president was lambasting the foreign forces suicide bombers who dressed in Afghani army uniform carried out an attack in a police facility causing heavy gun battle that lasted for over three hours. The incident led to the loss of many lives including the suicide attackers. After the incident the spokesperson for the Taliban claimed responsibility for the assault.

There were conflicting report of what president Karzai said and what he did not say. Some reports of the same comment by the president did not say anything about peace talks.

Report had it that a government spokesperson said that the president had advised the Taliban to accept the constitution of Afghanistan. US embassy officials have declined to comment on the development.

People of Japan took to the streets with drums and flowers protesting the use of nuclear power plants by the country. The protests took place in Tokyo and the other major streets of Japan on Saturday. The protests came almost three months after devastating nuclear disaster in the country which was triggered off by tsunami.

There has been tension in the country for some weeks now after the authorities revealed that the damages and leakages of the radioactive elements in the nuclear power stations were worse than revealed. Everybody in the country became worried especially the mothers who were worried over their children. Other professionals were worried they would be affected in one way or the other. The citizens of the country were not happy with the prime minister over the government handling of the nuclear crisis.

The nuclear disaster has opened debate in the country whether they actually need to depend on nuclear power plants giving the country topography which made it prone to earthquakes and other natural disasters. Recently the prime minister has directed that a nuclear power plant in central Japan should be shut down until they are able to provide the facilities that would ensure the protection against tsunami.

The ex NSA manager Thomas Drake who would be charged to court for leaking classified information has accepted a plea deals with the government. This may result to the government to dropping the charges of his indictment and therefore absolve him from the offence of leaking classified information.

In exchange Mr. Drake agreed to plead for guilty of misdemeanor for exceeding the authorized usage of computer. He will only serve for one year probation and would not be expected to pay any fine. If he failed to plead for guilty of misdemeanor he will serve up to 35 years in jail if found guilty.

This development is seen as a victory for Drake who is aged 54 who has been under investigation since 2006 for leaking secret information to the media. He was indicted in May 2010. This development is seen as a great setback to president Obama who is fighting serious battle against leakers of national security secrets.

Mr. Drake is billed to appear before Judge Richard Bennett in the US District Court in Baltimore on Friday to enter for this plea. He has denied several times that he did not leak classified security information to Baltimore Sun reporter who produced series of reports of NSA.