Taliban delegates shake hands during talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents in Doha, Qatar September 12, 2020. Hence, the search for durable peace and stability will not succeed unless all parties and, in some cases their foreign patrons, especially Pakistan, are willing to substantially relinquish entrenched thinking. If the Kabul-based Afghan political class had succeeded in consolidating the republic and had kept the Taliban confined to a small area, it would have had the upper hand. While the Taliban is largely cohesive, the Kabul political class is not. Opinion | US-Taliban deal puts the onus of ending the Afghanistan war on Asian forcesHow is India placed in Afghanistan as this dialogue begins?

Source: Indian Express September 20, 2020 22:17 UTC