Negotiating with Taliban - Political Solution

Amina Kamal Khan, Urdu VOA News, Washington.
As the US prepares to draw down its surge troops by the end of next year, some in Washington are asking if ground conditions in Afghanistan are ideal for a negotiated solution with the Taliban. William Zartman (SAIS) says that the US cannot effectively negotiate a solution in Afghanistan if it sends the message that it is leaving (INT). James Carafano of the Heritage Foundation says that sufficient military pressure needs to be applied for the negotiation strategy to succeed (INT). Brian Fishman (New American Foundation) says that the success of any political strategy in Afghanistan depends not on the US or the international community, but the political will of the Afghan government which, he says, faces no shortage of interlocutors (INT). He says some Taliban groups may be more amenable to negotiating once fewer foreign troops remain in Afghanistan, while other groups may simply be irreconcilable.

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• United States
• Afghanistan
• Afghan strategy
• negotiating with Taliban
• political solution
• US military drawdown
• William Zartman
• James Carafano
• Brian Fishman
• Urdu VOA
• Voice of America
• Amina Kamal Khan

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