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Stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the government of afghanistan confirmed today it has opened direct talks with the taliban. Its their first, formal face toface encounter since a u. S. Coalition ousted the taliban from power in 2001. Afghan president ashraf ghani said the goal is to change this meeting into a process of continuing talks. Officials said the talks are taking place in pakistans capital city, islamabad. Ifill u. S. Strategy to defeat the Islamic State came in for heavy criticism today from senate republicans. John mccain, chairing the Armed Services committee, challenged the president s policies on isis at a hearing. There is no compelling reason to believe that anything we are doing currently

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