https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AQdmqLDyLSU/kamran-bokhari RSS for Node Fri, 15 May 2026 00:01:36 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-12-20/why-talking-peace-with-the-taliban-is-pointless https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-12-20/why-talking-peace-with-the-taliban-is-pointless Thu, 20 Dec 2018 21:00:19 GMT Afghan Taliban militants ride a motorbike as they took to the street to celebrate ceasefire on the second day of Eid in the outskirts of Jalalabad on June 16, 2018. - Taliban fighters and Afghan security forces hugged and took selfies with each other in restive eastern Afghanistan on June 16, as an unprecedented ceasefire in the war-torn country held for the second day of Eid. (Photo by NOORULLAH SHIRZADA / AFP) (Photo credit should read NOORULLAH SHIRZADA/AFP/Getty Images)