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After US and Taliban sign accord, Afghanistan must prepare for peace

  • Written by Elizabeth B. Hessami, Faculty Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar sign an agreement ending the US's 18-year war in Afghanistan, Doha, Feb. 29, 2020. GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images

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