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Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Episode: What's Next for the Peace Process in Afghanistan?
Description: In late August it appeared that the United States was very close to an agreement with the Taliban that would see US troops withdraw from the Afghanistan. Leading the negotiations on the US-side was Zalmay Khalilzad, a widely respected former US Ambassador to the UN who is an immigrant to the US from Afghanistan. He also served as US Ambassador to Afghanistan shortly after the fall of the Taliban. Significantly, these negotiations did not include the Afghan government, rather they were direct negotiations between the US and the Taliban. By early September it app...