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Normalizing the Taliban Would Endanger Global Security

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Normalizing the Taliban Would Endanger Global Security
People gather at the venue for a flag hoisting ceremony of the Taliban flag on the Wazir Akbar Khan hill in Kabul on March 31, 2022. Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP via Getty Images
John Rossomando
Habiba Ashna Marhoon
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Recognizing the Taliban goes against what the United States should stand for in the 21st century. Recently, a former CIA officer Douglas London wrote in Foreign Policy arguing that the United States should bite the bullet and recognize the Taliban. Reports from intelligence community sources suggest this has been actively discussed on the inside; consequently, London isn’t isolated in his thinking.
John Rossomando is a senior analyst for defense policy at the Center for Security Policy and served as senior analyst for counterterrorism at The Investigative Project on Terrorism for eight years.
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