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Taliban negotiations resume, feeding hope of a peaceful, more prosperous Afghanistan

  • Written by Elizabeth B. Hessami, Faculty Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University
A market in the Old City of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2019. AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi

Peace talks have resumed between the United States and the Taliban of Afghanistan, three months after negotiations ended abruptly following a deadly Taliban attackin Kabul.

The Taliban – an armed insurgency promoting an ultra-conservative form of Sunni...

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