On Peace
On Peace
U.S. Institute of Peace
Scott Worden on Afghan Elections and the Peace Process
9 minutes Posted Feb 19, 2020 at 9:23 pm.
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Amid news of an interim U.S.-Taliban deal, Afghanistan’s election commission announced President Ashraf Ghani has won reelection—a result his opponent has openly rejected. USIP’s Scott Worden warns this kind of political infighting weakens the government’s negotiating position ahead of possible intra-Afghan talks, saying “the Taliban profit from political chaos.”