Afghan leader Hamid Karzai alleges that U.S. is working with Taliban; tweeters allege that he's nuts

Jacob B. | 4:31 PM on March 10, 2013

Afghan President Hamid Karzai was in rare form at his first meeting with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. He alleged that the United States is in collaboration with the Taliban.

Rahim Wardak back in the palace RT@AfPak_Journo: #AFG Karzai and Hagel at a meeting in Presidential Palacehttp://t.co/rE7AXSR4zO

— Mujib Mashal (@MujMash) March 10, 2013

Needless to say, the previously scheduled joint press conference between Karzai and Hagel was cancelled.

BREAKING — ISAF Headquarters confirms the joint Karzai-Hagel press conference has been cancelled, but avoid commenting on reason.

— Mustafa Kazemi (@CombatJourno) March 10, 2013

This prompted Twitter users to make some allegations of their own: Karzai is nuts!

This just nutz!…Karzai: Explosions show Taliban 'at the service' of America http://t.co/vM2qSukqQf via @CSMonitor

— Mike Murphy (@sailvarmint) March 10, 2013

@JazzShaw Theory. Karzai is (1) nuts (2) taking Opium again or (3) both

— Doug Mataconis (@dmataconis) March 10, 2013

Karzai says the U.S. and Taliban are working together. What a lunatic. How long would he last if we just got out…which we shouild do.

— Gary Johnson (@arffie503) March 10, 2013

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