An Afghan boy outside the Musa Qala district-centre military base in Afghanistan. The Taliban insurgency has led to numerous bombings and killings since the 1990s. Photo: AFP An Afghan boy outside the Musa Qala district-centre military base in Afghanistan. The Taliban insurgency has led to numerous bombings and killings since the 1990s. Photo: AFP
An Afghan boy outside the Musa Qala district-centre military base in Afghanistan. The Taliban insurgency has led to numerous bombings and killings since the 1990s. Photo: AFP
C. Uday Bhaskar
Opinion

Opinion

C. Uday Bhaskar

Doha resolution offers hope, however slender, for peace in Afghanistan

  • After two decades of strife, the Afghan Taliban and the Kabul government have struck a resolution to pave the way for peace, even as Donald Trump meets Imran Khan to encourage Pakistan, a Taliban supporter, to nudge the peace process along

C. Uday Bhaskar
C. Uday Bhaskar

Updated: 6:23am, 26 Jul, 2019

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An Afghan boy outside the Musa Qala district-centre military base in Afghanistan. The Taliban insurgency has led to numerous bombings and killings since the 1990s. Photo: AFP An Afghan boy outside the Musa Qala district-centre military base in Afghanistan. The Taliban insurgency has led to numerous bombings and killings since the 1990s. Photo: AFP
An Afghan boy outside the Musa Qala district-centre military base in Afghanistan. The Taliban insurgency has led to numerous bombings and killings since the 1990s. Photo: AFP
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