Policy — Taliban’s Elite, Aided by NATO, Join Talks for Afghan Peace
Key highlights:
- Taliban Quetta and Peshawar Shura and Haqqani Network are participating in Afghan peace talks
- NATO/ISAF is providing transport and security to delegates from safe-havens to Kabul
- Delegates are senior members
Analysis: These talks have become a necessary component of an overall strategy to obtain a political solution because a viable military solution does not exist – we cannot “kill/capture” our way to victory in Afghanistan.