President Donald Trump is right that it’s time for the US to end its longest war. He needs to stop making this harder.
The mistake wasn’t cancelling the meeting — it was summoning it in the first place. The purpose wasn’t to move along the talks. Taliban officials said they had no intention of meeting Afghan leaders or amending the draft agreement, which reportedly trades a withdrawal of US troops for Taliban commitments to stop Afghanistan from being used as a terrorist base.
A deal along the lines envisioned still makes sense. Refusing to deal with the Taliban and leaving the bulk of US troops in Afghanistan indefinitely isn’t an option. There are too few troops to roll back Taliban gains, and their presence keeps the insurgents fighting. Dragging out hostilities would ensure instability and the deaths of thousands more Afghan civilians.
Meanwhile, the US should do what it can to hedge against Taliban backsliding. This means supporting the Afghan government with money and technical assistance, and emphasising that international aid will vanish if the Taliban seize power violently.
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