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URL:https://quincyinst.org/events/strategic-patience-sustainable-engagemen
 t-with-a-changed-afghanistan/
SUMMARY:Strategic Patience: Sustainable Engagement with a Changed Afghanist
 an
DESCRIPTION:A year has passed since the withdrawal of U.S. troops and Talib
 an takeover of Afghanistan. The United States remains the single largest h
 umanitarian donor to the people of Afghanistan\, with over $774 million US
 D distributed since the Taliban takeover\, but the United States maintains
  no diplomatic presence in the country — nor does it send official diplo
 matic envoys. Nor have U.S. sanctions altered the Taliban’s calculus on 
 human rights or ties with al-Qaeda. The Taliban has proved intransigent an
 d unrealistic in its relations not only with Washington but also with neig
 hboring countries like Pakistan.   How can the United States retain what 
 little leverage it has over the Taliban without punishing the Afghan peopl
 e? Are these two goals in conflict? If sanctions are not altering Taliban 
 behavior\, then what purpose do they serve? How can aid be effectively del
 ivered to the Afghans going forward? Are there lessons from the past that 
 can inform development and aid provision in a post-Taliban Afghanistan?  
  Join us for a panel that explores how the United States and its partners 
 can develop an Afghanistan policy that is sustainable in the face of Talib
 an intransigence\, especially regarding counterterrorism and human rights\
 , and ready to capitalize on fleeting moments of Taliban pragmatism. The c
 onversation will feature Graeme Smith\, senior consultant for the Internat
 ional Crisis Group\, Haroun Rahimi\, assistant professor of law at the Ame
 rican University of Afghanistan and visiting professor at Università Bocc
 oni\, Tara Moayed who is a social development consultant who worked and li
 ved in Afghanistan from 2014 to 2019 where she helped develop women’s ec
 onomic empowerment programs and advised the Ministry of Finance\, and Jord
 an Kane is senior analyst in the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan
  Reconstruction (SIGAR). QI research fellow Adam Weinstein will moderate. 
  
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