Endgame in Afghanistan

The rifts among Taliban factions had been growing for some time, bubbling up as the deception over their leader’s death continued.

They boiled over last month – not by accident –  on the eve of a second round of peace talks, forcing the Taliban to acknowledge that its supreme commander and religious leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, was indeed dead.

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