Im melissa chan welcome to g. W. News asia thank you for joining us one outcome from this past weekends Munich Security Conference new optimism over a truce between the United States and the taliban and the promise to start talks in 10 days between different afghan stakeholders what they call the all afghan peace talks but whether the taliban can stick to its pledge of a reduction in violence the group doesnt have an encouraging track record and whether well see a final deal well weve been down this road before yet both the americans and afghans say they can only keep trying. One we must stop this war. 2 we must find the political solution to stop the war this is a level of complexity and uncertainty i think theres general agreement and its my view as well that we have we have to give peace a chance that the best if not only way forward in afghanistan is through a political agreement and that means taking some risks. Spoke to afghan president conny spokesman said. To get a better sense