Editorial: Talking to the Taliban is better than an endless war
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Jan 29, 2019
3 minutes
After 17 years and the deaths of more than 2,400 American troops, U.S. involvement in Afghanistan might finally be coming to a close - not with a decisive victory over the Taliban but with a negotiated settlement that could give the Islamist insurgents a role in governing the country again. Still, depending on the details, that could be preferable to continued, open-ended conflict with no guarantee of success.
Although nothing has been
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