Groundhog Day in Afghanistan: US Turns Up 12 Years Late For Talks With The Taliban

Groundhog Day in Afghanistan: US Turns Up 12 Years Late For Talks With The Taliban

Karzai is bitter because, with the US losing in Afghanistan, its withdrawal will probably lead to the demise of any government led by him, and perhaps to a resumption of the civil war, in which it intervened to back one side 12 years ago. He has now suspended talks on a long term security deal with the US for when the troops supposedly quit the country in 2014. This is harmful to the US which is already planning to maintain a considerable military presence with many bases in the country.