Forging ahead, President Karzai stirs Afghanistan away from Washington’ shadow

... agreement with the group ahead of 2014 military withdrawal. As per reported by the Afghan government , a delegation of President Hamid Karzai's High Peace Council travelled to the UAE earlier in February to discuss political cooperation with the Taliban ... ... move many experts have said could be prove far more effective than Washington’s military contingency plan. No more than NATO wants to see Afghanistan fall against the Taliban and revert to its pre-2001 failed state status; regional powers are too,...