This week’s pledge from Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his Pakistani counterpart, Asif Ali Zardari, to start peace talks with the Taliban within the next six months marks the first definitive target in the reconciliation process. There are questions about what, if any, role the United States will play in the talks.
The Afghan government’s pursuit of peace with the Taliban has been a drawn-out affair stretching over the last few years. Various Taliban intermediaries have …
