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Taliban security forces demonstrate their skills during the ceremony in Guzara district of Herat province on June 22, 2023. (Mohsen Karimi/AFP via Getty Images)
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Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif addresses an audience at the party office of Pakistan Muslim League in Lahore, Pakistan, on February 9, 2024. (Photo by Elke Scholiers/Getty Images)
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visits the a nickel refinery with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on October 22, 2022, in Perth, Australia. (Richard Wainwright via Getty Images)
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Bill Drexel
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Husain Haqqani
Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
John Lee
Senior Fellow
Satoru Nagao
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