Afghanistan’s Keys to Peace Lie Within and in Pakistan
. By Wahab Raofi Published on Foreign Policy Journal As Taliban violence and peace talks simultaneously dominate headlines, it becomes increasingly clear that if there is to be a brighter future for Afghanistan, it needs to come from progress in the country’s combative relationship with Pakistan and a revamping of Afghanistan’s own government. Shortly after a Taliban official claimed that progress had been made during talks with senior Afghan politicians in Moscow, suicide bombs shook Kabul. First, a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to a military training center in the Afghan capital, killing at least six people. Then a car bomb targeting a U.S. convoy exploded in an eastern Kabul neighborhood, leaving four Afghan civilians dead and seven wounded, including four American forces. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid took responsibility for the attack. Since October, U .S. officials have held six rounds of talks with Taliban represent...