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Afghanistan’s Deadly Path to Peace

Posted: June 3rd, 2019

By General David Petraeus

General David Petraeus (US Army, Ret) served more than 37 years in the U.S. military, culminating his career with six consecutive commands, five of which were combat, including command of the Multi-National Force-Iraq during the Surge, U.S. Central Command, and Coalition and U.S. Forces in Afghanistan.  He also served as Director of the CIA and is now a partner in the KKR global investment firm and chairs the firm’s global institute.

U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad is just beginning a multi-nation tour that will include peace talks with the Taliban in Qatar. 

This comes as Taliban militants reject calls for a truce to coincide with Eid, which comes at the end of the holy month of Ramadan. 

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