Alice Wells: “The agreement cannot be based on trust. It has to be based--conditions based and where we have confidence through…”

Military power alone will not bring peace to Afghanistan or eliminate the threat of terrorists exploiting Afghan soil.

At the inter-Afghan talks that took place in Doha, 25 percent of the non-Taliban participants were women.

A negotiated political settlement accepted by most Afghans remains the best way to ensure a durable peace.

How Afghans govern themselves needs to be determined by Afghans...