With the US-Taliban peace deal today, reupping my @washingtonpost article on what past US peace deals in Afghanistan can teach us. There is cause to be hopeful but concerns about segments of society sidelined and the failure to center Afghans themselves - washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/0…
Also in the coming days the press will turn to experts for commentary, please remember there are Afghan experts, journalists, and scholars who can provide much needed perspective
An example of a major concern is the marginalization of women in both the process and in the language of a post US withdrawal Afghanistan. Did the US concede to the demands of Taliban to sideline women?
