Talks between the United States and the Taliban over Afghanistan’s future remain risky but necessary to reach a political settlement to end decades of war, a leading expert in South Asia security affairs said Monday. “The war is going worse and worse” for the Americans and a coalition of forces primarily from NATO and the Afghan government, Michael Kugelman, deputy director for the region at the Wilson Center, said at the Atlantic Council forum in Washington, D.C. Even before the recent cancelations of talks in Qatar, Washington “is negotiating from a position of weakness” in its meetings with the Taliban. in … Continue reading Panel: Political End to Afghan War is Risky but Necessary