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Saudi Arabia has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to stage high-profile sporting events. Critics say those investments are an attempt by the kingdom to cover up human rights violations.
Now that Afghanistan is no longer an area of active hostilities, strikes should be subject to the standard of near certainty.
Officials whitewashing the Taliban as a responsible diplomatic party are getting the organization wrong.
Al-Qaeda will now have a more permissive environment in which to operate, but the precise context will be important for the U.S. policy response.
America's top generals say a counterterrorism partnership with the Taliban is a possibility. They've even explored a potential deal with Vladimir Putin to use Russian military bases as a launchpad for U.S. strikes on extremist targets.