Taliban Peace Deal

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Afghanistan was always about American politics

Since day one, America’s disastrous and costly two-decade misadventure in Afghanistan was driven by domestic electoral politics. Now that the Taliban has driven out the United States, the calculus...

Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar speaks during the opening session of peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha on Sept. 12. Photo: Foreign Policy//AFP/GETTY IMAGES

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Taliban aim to present written peace plan at talks as soon as next month

FILE PHOTO: Afghanistan's president Ashraf Ghani and German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (not pictured) attend a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

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Afghan leader proposes peace road map in three phases-document

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As US warns on withdrawal, data shows Taliban attacks climb in past year

A US soldier keeps watch at an Afghan National Army (ANA) base in Logar province, Afghanistan August 5, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/File Photo

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Biden administration to review Taliban violence levels in Afghan peace deal

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Pakistan urges Biden to stick to Afghan troop withdrawal

FILE PHOTO: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks to the media at the State Department in Washington, US, March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

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No breakthrough as Pompeo meets Taliban, Kabul negotiators in Doha

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi bumps elbows with the head of the Afghanistan's peace council, Abdullah Abdullah, upon his arrival at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) office in Islamabad, Pakistan September 28, 2020. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Handout via REUTERS

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