Afghanistan Issue
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Afghanistan’s future: the core issues at stake as Taliban sits down to negotiate ending 19-year war
The goal is to reach a peace accord to end the world’s deadliest war. Kaweh Kerami The Conversation The long-delayed…
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Taking Stock of the Taliban’s Perspectives on Peace
They should develop clear negotiating positions on key issues and work to convince their members that peace requires compromise. ICG…
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Afghan gov’t says ready to start talks with Taliban
Flanked by his top aides outside the presidential palace’s mosque, the Afghan president welcomed the Taliban’s unexpected three-day truce declared…
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What Will Peace Talks Bode for Afghan Women?
On 29 February, the Taliban and the U.S. signed an agreement that commits the U.S. to a fourteen-month phased withdrawal…
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Two presidents take oath of office in Afghanistan
As both men were delivering their speeches broadcast on split screens across the country, a barrage of rockets landed in…
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Judges say investigation into war crimes in Afghanistan can proceed
Judges at the International Criminal Court on March 5 ruled that an investigation into alleged war crimes committed in Afghanistan…
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Twelve Ideas to Make Intra-Afghan Negotiations Work
From designating a neutral mediator to agreeing on “rules of the road”, Crisis Group lays out twelve prerequisites for keeping…
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Pashtun Paradise:
Americans tend to think of all their wars in a simplified way in which wars have definite beginnings and ends…
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U.S. and Taliban Announce Agreement on Afghanistan
In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Andrew Watkins explains what the agreement entails and what comes next. Andrew Watkins ICG…
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Trump Makes Unannounced Trip to Afghanistan and Says He Reopened Talks With Taliban
President Trump paid an unannounced Thanksgiving visit to American troops here on Thursday and said that he had restarted peace…
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Getting the Afghanistan Peace Process Back on Track
The U.S. should resume negotiations and seal the deal, so that a broader peace process in Afghanistan can go forward.…
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Afghanistan’s Low-turnout Election, Insecurity and Unsettled Prospects for Peace
In this Q&A, Crisis Group consultant Graeme Smith and Senior Analyst Borhan Osman explain the weak participation rate and explore…
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Behind Trump’s Taliban Debacle
Crisis Group Asia Program Director Laurel Miller and consultant Graeme Smith explain what happened and what it means for prospects…
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Kabul blast toll rises as US tries to finalize Taliban deal
U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad was in the Afghan capital to discuss the proposed deal- which would see the US…
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How Trump trips up his own Afghan peace efforts
President Donald Trump’s efforts to end the U.S. war in Afghanistan keep hitting a major roadblock: his own proclamations that…
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Taliban-US hold fresh talks in Doha amid peace deal hopes
But uncertainty around a potential peace deal has triggered anxiety among many Afghans. Deutsche Welle US and Taliban negotiators on…
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