A former national security adviser has registered as a candidate for president of Afghanistan and called on the Taliban to engage in peace negotiations to end the country’s 17-year war. Mohammad Hanif Atmar, of the Peace and Moderation party, announced his candidacy on Friday in an address to hundreds of supporters at a hotel in Kabul. Afghans go to the …
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January 19, 2019