NEW DELHI: The more things change, the more they stay the same. Two days after the U.S. and the Taliban signed a peace deal, the latter reportedly announced that the weeklong reduction of violence is over and operations against government forces will resume. A letter allegedly from the Taliban leadership says “that as per the […]Read More
The U.S. willingness to withdraw and the imperative for Afghan peace has created the conditions for the first time in 19 years for both America and the Taliban to reach a breakthrough. India’s former Ambassador to Afghanistan Gautam Mukhopadhaya acknowledges the achievement so far. In conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi he outlines the tricky negotiations ahead. On the February […]Read More
KABUL: A ‘reduction in violence’ that has held for a week and has infused Afghans with hope for a comprehensive ceasefire will continue for the foreseeable future—that’s the immediate bottomline after U.S. Special representative Zalmay Khalilzad and deputy political head of Taliban Mullah Baradar signed a deal in Doha, Qatar. Shabeer Ahmadi, Tolo News Foreign Desk Head and StratNews Global […]Read More
Following 18 months of negotiations in Doha, the United States and the Taliban on Saturday officially signed a peace deal that will pave the way for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan in exchange for a number of solid assurances by the Taliban to the U.S. and its allies The agreement states that the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Later today, a moment in history when the U.S. and Afghanistan’s Taliban make a beginning to end their war now 19 years old. It’s America’s longest conflict, also bittersweet given that this was the very movement Washington blamed for being complicit in 9/11 and which it overthrew in 2001. So full circle. What’s […]Read More
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