A summit of opposition leaders was meant to produce a plan to fix Afghanistan’s trajectory. It generated more infighting and factionalism.
ODonnell-Lynne-foreign-policy-columnistLynne O’Donnell
By Lynne O’Donnell, a columnist at Foreign Policy and an Australian journalist and author.
Taliban supporters parade through the streets of Kabul.Taliban supporters parade through the streets of Kabul on Aug. 15. NAVA JAMSHIDI/GETTY IMAGES
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan—As the Taliban consolidate Afghanistan’s status as a nexus for much of what is bad in the world right now, from crimes against humanity to the wholesale export of drugs, guns, and terrorism, a bloodthirsty old warlord popped up at a recent meeting of the putative opposition to declare war as the only hope of getting their country back.
