Source: PRI’s The World
The United States is to open direct peace talks with the Taliban after more than ten years of war in Afghanistan, senior White House officials have announced.
Carnegie's Sarah Chayes, a former special advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, expressed pessimism about the prospects for U.S. talks with the Taliban. She told anchor Marco Werman that any deal brokered with the insurgents is unlikely to stick.
This interview originally aired on Public Radio International's The World.