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Politics
Annabelle Banfield

Taliban diplomacy necessary, but with strong conditions

Geopolitical strategist Sami Omari says Afghanistan can't be sealed off from the rest of the world. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia is being urged to engage diplomatically with the Taliban five years after its takeover of Afghanistan, but not to legitimise the terror group.

The Taliban returned to power in Kabul in 2021, weeks after the United States withdrew all troops from the nation it had helped govern for two decades.

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