Wednesday, April 28, 2021

U.S. Unconditional Withdrawal Rattles Afghanistan's Shaky Peace Talks

Former President Hamid Karzai (left) and Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (second right) attend an international peace conference in Moscow, Russia, in March. Russia hosted a peace conference for Afghanistan, bringing together government representatives and their Taliban adversaries along with regional observers in a bid to help jump-start the country

A U.S.-backed conference with the Taliban and Afghan government was derailed, raising doubts about progress toward a negotiated settlement to end decades of war in Afghanistan.

(Image credit: Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool/AP)

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