{"id":19509,"date":"2021-08-27T23:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T23:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=19509"},"modified":"2021-08-27T23:00:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T23:00:32","slug":"post-kabul-airport-attack-the-west-faces-bitter-reality-in-afghanistan-work-with-old-foe-taliban-to-keep-islamic-state-at-bayunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=19509","title":{"rendered":"Post-Kabul airport attack, the West faces \u2018bitter\u2019 reality in Afghanistan: work with old foe Taliban to keep Islamic State at bayUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe deadly attack on Kabul airport has underlined the realpolitik facing Western powers in Afghanistan: engaging with the Taliban may be their best chance to prevent the country sliding into a breeding ground for Islamist militancy.Almost two weeks after the Taliban\u2019s surprise return to power, officials in Europe are beginning to acknowledge that their pragmatic option is to put aside distaste for the country\u2019s new leaders and work with them instead.\u201cIt is clear: the Taliban are reality in\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/europe\/article\/3146695\/post-kabul-airport-attack-west-faces-bitter-reality-afghanistan?utm_source=rss_feed\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe deadly attack on Kabul airport has underlined the realpolitik facing Western powers in Afghanistan: engaging with the Taliban may be&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19509"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}