Unites States Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s letter to Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, leaked to the press in March 2021, set forth a spate of diplomatic statements as the Joe Biden administration sought to clarify their stance on ending the war in Afghanistan. At the time of writing this report, multiple processes were being undertaken with urgency to find a resolution to the conflict. The long-running Doha process—where much headway has been made since 2013 between the Afghan government and others, and the Taliban, seems to be dissipating. New forums in Russia and Turkey are taking shape to take the conversations further, and more regional and international actors are getting involved. As these cogs attempt to work in concert, the Biden administration is attempting to embed the peace process in a wider regional framework. This report looks into these regional stakeholders and their geopolitical stakes.
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