Last week, in this space, some ‘constants’ from Afghan sociology were distilled following an inter-disciplinary approach. This column would discuss the sociology of the intra-Afghan dialogue that is underway in Doha. Following on from the Taliban/Pashtun sociology, peace talks with the United States took almost a year’s painstaking efforts to iron-out the February 29, 2020 peace agreement. Surprisingly, the biggest challenge to the intra-Afghan talks is from the internal divisions among the Afghan political factions. The February 29 peace deal enabled the start of the peace talks; the Taliban would conclude these.

Source: The Express Tribune October 01, 2020 03:56 UTC