KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A former Taliban ambassador said Monday the hard-line militants sat with Afghan officials and Saudi King Abdullah over an important religious meal in Saudi Arabia late last month as the insurgency raged back home. Abdul Salam Zaeef, the Taliban’s former ambassador to Pakistan, denied the get-together could be construed as peace talks. But President Hamid Karzai has long called for negotiations with the Taliban, and the meeting could spur future initiatives.—- Contact the Daily Reveille at [email protected]