Viewpoint: Will meetings solve the Afghan problem?

Until real progress is made in US-Taliban talks and Pakistan shows that it is serious about peace for its neighbour, new conferences on Afghanistan's future will achieve nothing, guest columnist Ahmed Rashid argues. With one major international conference on Afghanistan having yielded few results, and another due in December, Afghanistan - its relations with its neighbours, US policy and the troop withdrawal, talks with the Taliban - remains on the brink of uncertainty.

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