Hope Fades for Afghan Peace Talks Before Spring Spike in Violence

Hopes for resumption of Afghan peace talks ahead of the so-called Taliban spring offensive seem to have diminished, prompting Afghanistan to increasingly blame neighboring Pakistan for the lack of progress. Afghanistan and Pakistan have been trying to arrange direct peace talks between the Kabul government and the Taliban to seek a settlement to the Afghan war. The United States and China have supervised the effort but the so-called Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) has failed to...

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