An example of a hybrid regime is Pakistan, characterized by an ambiguous institutional makeup with a disproportionate predominance of military over civilian affairs.
Holding the negotiators accountable to the 95 percent of Afghan citizens who are victims and not perpetrators of violence is the optimal route to addressing grievances and minimizing the marginalization that contributes to new dynamics and cycles of violence.
Although hugely challenging, containing the spread of the virus is essential in Afghanistan. Over 40 years of conflict, coupled with widespread poverty, have resulted in an impoverished public healthcare system that is extremely precarious under even the best of circumstances.
As the Taliban and the United States appear to be on the cusp of a peace deal, Afghanistan needs a lasting cease-fire to create conditions for ending more than four decades of war in the country.
A functioning and prospering economy would be key to the success and sustainability of the imminent peace deal that the United States and Taliban are close to signing.
A possible deal between the United States and the Taliban following months of negotiations casts a shadow over Afghanistan’s current democratic political system, which promises the best path toward lasting stability, sovereignty, and development.
An imminent agreement between the United States and Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents must be followed by concrete steps to end the war in the country and achieve lasting peace.
An unprecedented meeting between the Taliban, Afghan officials, and delegates from various political parties and civil society last week has raised hopes for peace, but it must now be followed up by a cease-fire to pave the way to lasting peace in the country.
In Afghanistan, preserving the Silk Road may literally be the path to peace. Home to some of the world’s ancient civilizations, the areas comprising Afghanistan today have been at the crossroads of most of world history.
It is strange that the Taliban are mainly fighting a war with Afghan government forces but are negotiating only with the United States.
Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest but least-populated, most impoverished province, deserves a more equitable share in major Chinese investments.
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