Afghanistan, Opions, June 11 -- Just weeks after the United States and the Taliban agreed to advance peacemaking in Afghanistan, that peace effort's internal flaws-and now the COVID pandemic-pose serious obstacles. While ordinary Afghans-civilians and fighters-have shown their desperate desire for peace, the delegations named to negotiate to leave most of our people unrepresented. And as in every country, COVID now constrains our lives in unpredictable ways. Yet the representation problem can be reduced and the pandemic can be turned to serve the cause of peace.
No one can doubt what 38 million Afghans want most of all. Our people's desperation for peace was dramatized in 2018 when the government announced a three-day cease-fire for the Ei...