U.S.-Taliban Peace Talks Resume After Impasse
Bottom Line Up Front Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. envoy for reconciliation in Afghanistan, recently returned to Kabul to jumpstart political negotiations with the Taliban. Talks […] More
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U.S. Inches Closer to a Deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan
Bottom Line Up Front America’s longest war – soon approaching its 18th year in Afghanistan – is not over although it may be entering […] More
Looking at Kabul and Seeing Saigon
Bottom Line Up Front Following months of negotiations between U.S. officials and Taliban leaders, an agreement on bringing the war in Afghanistan to a […] More
Russia Takes on a More Prominent Role in Afghan Peace Talks
Bottom Line Up Front Last week, members of the Afghan Taliban along with Afghan politicians and power brokers met in Moscow to discuss the […] More
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Afghanistan’s Deadly Path to Peace
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 […] More
U.S. Endgame in Afghanistan
Bottom Line Up Front The U.S. and the Taliban will soon resume talks in Doha, Qatar, as the peace process moves forward but without […] More
The Taliban and the Trump Card
U.S. and Taliban officials have agreed to a framework for a possible deal that could see a Taliban guarantee that Afghanistan will not be used […] More