Karzai says Western troops could stay 10 years

Afghan President Hamid Karzai told a global meeting Thursday that he will soon convene a peace conference in his country to lure Taliban fighters to renounce violence, but he still expects foreign troops to stay for up to a decade.

Karzai called on delegates from about 70 nations and world bodies to support a plan to reintegrate Taliban insurgents into mainstream society with offers of housing and jobs in the police, army or agriculture.

"We must reach out to all our countrymen, especially our disenchanted brothers who are not part of al-Qaida or other terrorist networks," Karzai told the conference aimed at plotting an eventual Western exit from …