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Is it time to talk to the Taliban?

NPR | By D. Parvaz
Published October 6, 2026 at 3:16 PM MDT

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.

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D. Parvaz is an editor at Weekend Edition.

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