Peace hopes for Afghanistan
The Taliban and the US have agreed a framework deal. But the Afghan government wasn't involved - and there's a long way to go.
The Taliban and the US have agreed a framework deal. But the Afghan government wasn't involved - and there's a long way to go. Also in this edition: the US lays out formal criminal charges against the Chinese telecommunications company Huawei; the UK parliament votes for a deal the EU says it won't accept; and as the gilets jaunes protests in France continue - how we use clothing to signal our political allegiances.
(Picture: a peace marcher in the Afghan capital Kabul wearing an artificial flower in his turban.
Credit: Reuters)
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