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This is why the Afghan peace plan will fail again
[KhaamaPress] History shows that the old strategy of promising a share of power to the old guard, in exchange for their stamp of approval, will not work.In early October, the newly- appointed US Department of State’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad launched his shuttle diplomacy. He is not a new face on the scene. Khalilzad was on the US team in Geneva in 1988, which negotiated the agreement on the Soviet military withdrawal from Afghanistan. He also led the American delegation in Bonn that established the post-Taliban Posted by: trailing wife 2018-11-25 |
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