Taliban Peace Talks Must Not Ignore CIA-Funded Militias
▻https://theintercept.com/2019/08/21/taliban-peace-talks-afghanistan-militias
... a new report from the Costs of War Project at Brown University’s Watson Institute argues that the agreement won’t lead to real peace unless it addresses the elephant in the room: the fate of regional Afghan militias paid and directed by the #CIA.
“Militias that operate outside the control of the central state and the chain of command of its armed forces will undermine the process of state formation and the prospects for a sustainable peace,” the report reads.