From The New York Times:
Afghanistan’s swift unraveling has created new — and in some quarters unrealistic — enthusiasm for talks with the Taliban.
Afghanistan’s swift unraveling has created new — and in some quarters unrealistic — enthusiasm for talks with the Taliban.
We agree that there should be a serious effort to win over lower-level militants and tribal leaders — people who are not true believers but have allied with extremists because they had no choice, needed the money or have grown so disillus
We agree that there should be a serious effort to win over lower-level militants and tribal leaders — people who are not true believers but have allied with extremists because they had no choice, needed the money or have grown so disillusioned with the Afghan government that they forgot the horrors of Taliban rule.
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