The current talks between the representatives of Taliban and US Government Qatar are important step and peace and stability are still beyond reach. ... Moreover, Islamic State has found new Afghanistan and some Taliban factions have pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, while others..…

But the Hazara are not an important minority, and Iran needs the help of the Farsi-speaking Sunni Tajiks to counter the Taliban. ... Iran has benefited, without trying, from US interventions in the region — the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001 and of Saddam Hussein — and from ISIS..…

It marked the last moments before US-led invasion would topple Taliban and send Osama bin Laden fleeing into the mountains of Tora Bora and, from there, Pakistan.. ..…

Around mid-March, the fifth round of negotiations between the US and Taliban, concluded Doha, Qatar. ... Such arrangement is Afghanistan if the US and the patrons of Taliban to the formation of interim government.. ..…