U.S. Drops Bounties on Top Taliban Leaders—What’s the Real Cost? – Guy D. McCardle

The U.S. decision to lift bounties on top Taliban leaders—just days after the release of an American hostage—raises serious questions about whether Washington is quietly shifting from a stance of pressure to one of pragmatic negotiation with a regime still designated as a terrorist organization. #Taliban
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