Taliban peace talks Archives

Afghans’ lives and livelihoods upended even more as US occupation ends

Forced from their homes by fighting between the Taliban and Afghan government forces, thousands of families seek refuge in a Kabul park. Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Abdulkader Sinno, Indiana University The United States invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 with the goal of destroying al-Qaida and its Taliban hosts and, supposedly, establishing a democratic Afghan state and helping Afghan …

Afghanistan's future: the core issues at stake as Taliban sits down to negotiate ending 19-year war

Kaweh Kerami, SOAS, University of London A delegation from the Taliban has arrived in the Qatari capital Doha to begin talks with delegates from the Afghan republic in Kabul. The goal is to reach a peace accord to end the world’s deadliest war. The long-delayed talks come after an agreement in February between the US and the Taliban, which included …