Taliban-Afghan government peace talks
Mohammad Umer Daudzai, President Ashraf Ghani’s Special Envoy for Pakistani Affairs. He discusses the Taliban’s rapid takeover of districts and key cities across Afghanistan, the lack of any real hope in Taliban-Afghan government peace talks, the extent of Pakistan’s role in The Taliban’s rapid military advances, the Afghan government’s recruitment of former warlords associated with gross human rights abuses, the move from NATO consensus over Afghanistan to regional consensus over Afghanistan involving China, India, Russia, Iran and Pakistan and much more.