Istanbul: search for consensus
Dr Maleeha Lodhi
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
The writer is special adviser to the Jang Group/Geo and a former envoy to the US and the UK.
An orderly ‘transition’ in 2014, when American and Nato combat forces pull out from Afghanistan, rests on progress towards a negotiated political settlement. But a serious peace process to advance Afghan national ‘reconciliation’ has yet to get off the ground.
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