Waiting for the Intra-Afghan Dialogue to Begin
... the European Union. All these countries have been keeping a close eye on events in Afghanistan over the years, and during this time, they have developed a number of common... ... States, Russia and China set up to more or less coincide with the launch of U.S.–Taliban negotiations proved instrumental in moving the process forward. Russia then pushed for the mechanism to be expanded to the 3-plus format to include Iran and Pakistan, but Washington’s desire to isolate Tehran from the Afghan problem as much...