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US touts leverage - but influence on Taliban seen as limited
WASHINGTON: After ending the 20-year US war, President Joe Biden hopes America’s economic might can serve as leverage on the Taliban to shape the new Afghanistan. But experts question how much the triumphant Islamists can be swayed.Since their stunningly swift takeover of Afghanistan in August, the Taliban leadership has sought a rebranding from the notorious zealotry of the 1996-2001 regime and voiced hope for a stable relationship with the United States.Likely underlying the Taliban’s stance is the harsh reality that they must now run one of the world’s poorest countries, where foreign assistance led by the United States accounted for 75% of public expenditure in 2019.Since the former insu

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