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The Taliban sat at the negotiating table with the Afghan opposition in Moscow in February 2019. Although Ashraf Ghani, the current president of the country, refused to be there and criticized the negotiations, the Taliban and the current regime's opposition — including Hamid Karzai — made important decisions on bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan. If the negotiations conclude as expected, the most important outcome would be for the Taliban to continue as a legitimate actor in Afghan politics. The basic issues between the two sides are for American soldiers to withdraw from Afghan soil and for the Taliban to cease hosting terror groups like al‐Qaeda. While the Taliban seemed to soften its radical views on women's rights, it demanded a release of prisoners and the removal of Taliban members from the sanctions lists.
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