Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, one of Afghanistan’s most notorious former warlords, said there is "no doubt" neighboring Pakistan supports the Afghan Taliban.
The U.S. envoy seeking a peace deal with the Taliban has played down recent tensions with the Western-backed Kabul government, telling RFE/RL that he hopes 2019 will be the "year of peace."
Career U.S. diplomat David Katz discusses the fallout of the recent spat between Washington and Kabul over remarks by Afghan National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib.
The author and academic Barnett Rubin believes that Afghanistan and the United States will weather this current low in relations after disagreements over how to talk with the Taliban insurgents.
Political scientist Asfandyar Mir explains the latest developments, old conflicts, and potential conflagrations in the ongoing crisis between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says claims by the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif that the United States was behind a bombing in Iran are “outrageous.” In an interview with RFE/RL, he denied U.S. involvement in the attack that killed 27 Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps members.
NATO is backing the full participation of the Afghan government in peace talks involving U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban representatives to end the 17-year conflict, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg told RFE/RL on February 14 in Brussels.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has rejected as "outrageous" Iranian claims that the United States and its regional allies are to blame for a suicide bombing in southeastern Iran that killed 27 members of the country's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has expressed NATO's strong support for U.S.-led efforts to end Afghanistan's 17-year war.
An Afghanistan analyst says the Taliban has the ability to keep its side of a bargain reached with U.S. negotiators to start an Afghan-led peace process. But do all sides have the will to move forward?
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