Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, a Taliban leader, has been killed in a drone strike in Pakistan. Mansour along with another male were both killed during a s
After barring girls from high school and harboring an Al-Qaeda leader the regime now risks jeopardizing the billions of dollars of global aid that still keeps Afghans alive.
After many starts and stops, now is the time to try to negotiate a peace settlement in Afghanistan. The United States should help Afghan forces hold the line on the battlefield, remain dedicated to Afghanistan's security into 2017 and beyond, and make some concessions to keep the Taliban talking.
Iran and Pakistan need the Taliban to build a government that can maintain a modicum of stability and keep the so-called Islamic State, also known as ISIS, and other transnational jihadi actors in check
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