Will US-Taliban talks bear fruit?

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Channel: The Newsmakers · 2018 · People & Blogs

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The US and the Taliban reportedly met in a secret meeting without the Afghan government present. Will this be a means to end the war in Afghanistan? Or is the Taliban playing it’s enemies against each other?

Guests
David Sedney – Former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan 
Javid Faisal – Former deputy spokesman for Afghanistan’s Chief Executive 
Ahmed Rashid – Author of ‘Afghanistan Revealed’
Jeff Smith – South Asia research fellow at The Heritage Foundation

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