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The Case for Recognizing the Taliban Regime

It can’t make things any worse, and might make them better

Dec 05, 2022
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh

The time is rapidly approaching when the world has to do something previously unthinkable – at least in the west, and that is to grant diplomatic recognition to the Taliban government in Afghanistan. With global isolation adding to its economic woes, the precarious economic situation has left more than 90 percent of the population …

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