The Taliban already controls large parts of Afghanistan. As much as we hate it, the government there is going to have to wheel and deal with them if there is going to be any peace.
Perhaps with things heating up on the India-China-Pakistan border recently, the Taliban can return to their roots and focus on something else.
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"A pessimist thinks things can't get any worse. An optimist knows they can."
Now the true Afghan experiment begins.
