intra-Afghan peace talks

Dispelling these myths becomes especially important as the current conflict appears to be entering a critical new phase.

The reality in Afghanistan and the region provides a lot for peacemakers to work with -- if we can look past gloomy predictions.

The Biden administration hoped to take a shortcut to peace in Afghanistan with one more big conference. It won’t work.

During the 2001 Bonn Conference, the U.N. opted for a “light footprint” that delegated its civilian development role to foreign military forces. That cannot happen again.

A Taliban spokesman said the group was not ready to attend the conference the U.S. and the Afghan government had hoped to start on April 16.

The proposed summit is said to be scheduled to open on April 16, but the pieces are all still in flux.

The one-day conference last week is part of a larger effort by regional powers to make peace between the Afghan government and the Taliban.

Can men who have failed so many times before to secure Afghanistan’s future truly chart a better way forward?

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai says a proposed peace deal put out by the U.S. offers the best chance forward beyond the stalled talks.

After a month-long hiatus, the Taliban and Afghan government are talking again. Will it make a difference for Afghans?

Firstly, the country's cultural context cannot be ignored.

The fate of the U.S.-Taliban deal hangs in the balance, while the peace process stalls. What will the Biden administration ultimately do about Afghanistan?

Some say NATO and the U.S. should send a strong message for peace to all sides in Afghanistan's protracted conflict.

The U.S.-Taliban “Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan” has so far yielded few concrete results and bloody fighting and attacks are continuing across the country.

Agreeing on an agenda will prove a difficult task, with the Afghan government prioritizing a ceasefire and the Taliban a political arrangement. 

Most Afghans will have difficulty recovering from a failed peace process in which they and their government have invested so much hope.

Escalating violence has all sides pointing the finger at each other as negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban resume.

A few districts in some provinces were not surveyed due to high levels of violence and instability.

Any political settlement that doesn’t guarantee women’s rights and opportunities has failed before it has begun.

From July to September, average daily enemy-initiated attacks in Afghanistan were 50 percent higher than the previous quarter. And then negotiations began.

It was the second attack on an educational institution in Kabul in as many weeks.

The Taliban and U.S. clearly have different understandings of the deal they signed in February.

Whether freed Taliban rejoin the fight – and what might motivate them to finally put down their arms – has ramifications for peace in Afghanistan.

Even if an intra-Afghan deal is reached, many Afghans fear that the country's many factions will fight for power if U.S. and NATO troops leave.