Has US policy toward Taliban-ruled Afghanistan failed Afghans?
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It’s clear, a year after the withdrawal, that that promised economic leverage has not worked; in fact, it doesn’t really exist. No amount of presumed Western “pressure” on the Taliban has changed its policy. Nor for that matter, has any pressure from Muslim countries, including Pakistan, which has h
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- It’s clear, a year after the withdrawal, that that promised economic leverage has not worked; in fact, it doesn’t really exist. No amount of presumed Western “pressure” on the Taliban has changed its policy. Nor for that matter, has any pressure from Muslim countries, including Pakistan, which has had a long relationship with the Taliban. (The Tali...
- Restoring liquidity to Afghanistan’s economy is the right thing to do. But as with all Afghan policy since the withdrawal, is it too little, too late?
- We warned the Taliban that a military takeover would result in them becoming a pariah; to no avail.
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