Afghanistan offers amnesty to the Taliban in a bid to end 16-year war
by Shashank Bengali and Sultan Faizy, Los Angeles Times
Feb 28, 2018
3 minutes
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday extended an olive branch to the Taliban, offering amnesty for alleged war crimes and recognition of the insurgent group as a political party in a bid to end the 16-year conflict.
It was Afghanistan's most significant peace overture to the large, fractious militant organization that currently controls more territory than at any time since the 2001 U.S.-led military invasion, but whose political aims have become unclear as the war has devolved into a bloody stalemate
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