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Afghanistan continues to be roiled by a violent Taliban insurgency, but reconciliation talks in Abu Dhabi have brought the warring parties a bit closer to peace, according to UAE officials. Photo: iStock.

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Talking to Taliban – unraveling the Catch 22

by Prakash Katoch October 30, 2018

In July, US President Donald Trump directed envoys to open direct talks with the Taliban in an effort to end America’s 17-year conflict in Afghanistan, considered a rollback from the previous US position that talks must be led and controlled by the Afghan government. Talks between US envoys and members of a Taliban political commission […]