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Is it time to talk to the Taliban?

NPR | By D. Parvaz

Published October 6, 2026 at 2:16 PM PDT

Five years after the U.S.'s withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban remains firmly in power. Here's how the Taliban doing in terms of foreign policy.