Washington will be sending members of the State Department, USAID and the intelligence community to Doha to meet with the Taliban. Discussions should surround US assistance in fighting ISIS-K, something the Taliban has said they are not open to.
The US presence in eastern Syria continues to get more and more inconvenient for all parties involved.
Iraqi election results show a continued rise in nationalism with a large gain in seats by Muqtada al-Sadr.
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