Abstract In 1979, Afghanistan witnessed a super power contest between the erstwhile Soviet Union and the United States. Soviets withdrew in 1988, the US left soon thereafter, and the Mujahideen, who had fought Soviet forces, started fighting with each other, producing in the process large ungoverned spaces in Afghanistan. Although the Taliban government collapsed in … Continue reading “WHY IS AFGHAN PEACE SO ELUSIVE?” BY AMBASSADOR (RETIRED) AIZAZ AHMAD CHAUDHRY