Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 3, 3030 (Evening Edition)

Jeff McCausland, NBC: U.S. signs a peace deal with the Taliban, but is the war in Afghanistan really ending?

There is little doubt that the American people are tired of the war in Afghanistan. But leaving at this point has its own set of challenges.

On Saturday, American peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar signed an agreement in Doha, Qatar, that may result in an American military withdrawal from war-torn Afghanistan. This is, hopefully, good news. American troops have been fighting in Afghanistan for nearly as long as direct U.S. involvement in World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam combined. It is stunning to think that the United States is now sending Marines and GI's to Afghanistan who were not born on Sept. 11, 2001.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 3, 3030 (Evening Edition)

U.S., Taliban Sign Peace Deal for Afghanistan -- Luke Coffey, Heritage Foundation

What Now After the U.S.-Taliban Deal -- Kamran Bokhari, Center for Global Policy

Erdogan and Putin: The end of the affair -- David Hearst, Middle East Monitor

Turkey launches Operation Spring Shield against Syrian forces -- Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor

Erdoğan is reaping what he sowed: Turkey is on the brink of disaster in Syria -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian

New Refugee Crisis Could Break The EU And Erdogan Knows It -- Bloomberg

An absolute disaster': Iran struggles as coronavirus spreads -- Patrick Wintour, The Guardian

The impact of spreading virus on businesses and economy -- AP

No Masking It: Coronavirus Has Infected China's Economy -- Milton Ezrati, National Interest

China suppressed Covid-19 with AI and big data -- David P. Goldman, Asia Times

Four lessons the Spanish flu can teach us about coronavirus -- Hannah Devlin, The Guardian

Is North Korea hiding a coronavirus outbreak? -- Julian Ryall, DW

Coronavirus Could Shake Up South Korea's Big April Elections -- Mitchell Blatt, National Interest

Gulf economies prepare for ‘peak oil’ -- Joseph Dana, Asia Times

Why hasn’t AI changed the world yet? -- Sooraj Shah, BBC