On Peace
On Peace
U.S. Institute of Peace
Asfandyar Mir on the Taliban Harboring al-Qaida Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri
8 minutes Posted Aug 10, 2022 at 3:53 pm.
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The 2020 Doha Agreement was meant to force the Taliban to "think twice" before harboring terror groups. But Ayman al-Zawahiri's killing in Kabul shows the deal was "just a piece of paper for the Taliban. They had no qualms about once again hosting the main leader of al-Qaida," says USIP's Asfandyar Mir.