Afghan security forces take part in a military operation against Islamic State in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province. Photo: Xinhua Afghan security forces take part in a military operation against Islamic State in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province. Photo: Xinhua
Afghan security forces take part in a military operation against Islamic State in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province. Photo: Xinhua
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This Week in Asia /  Politics

Trump, Xi and Putin risk flames as far as Syria in Afghanistan’s stalling ceasefire of the vanities

  • Trump, Xi, Putin, the Taliban … all have stakes in a peaceful Afghanistan
  • But their failure to agree is inflaming the violence, prompting the US to mull over a no-deal exit and threatening a bonfire that stretches all the way to Syria

Topic |   Afghanistan
Tom Hussain
Tom Hussain

Updated: 9:09am, 3 Nov, 2019

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Afghan security forces take part in a military operation against Islamic State in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province. Photo: Xinhua Afghan security forces take part in a military operation against Islamic State in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province. Photo: Xinhua
Afghan security forces take part in a military operation against Islamic State in the Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province. Photo: Xinhua
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