Ashraf Ghani: A return to traditional Afghan governance (Helena Malikyar, Al Jazeera)

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's April 25 address to his country's parliament signalled a much-anticipated shift in his administration's war and peace policy, according to many observers. Ghani's domestic critics, though, quickly branded the speech as demagoguery.

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