start setting up for Syria the equivalent of the Bonn Conference process that brought together all parties and regional stakeholders to plan for a post-Taliban Afghanistan? And does this mean revisiting Russia's offer to broker talks between Assad loyalists and the opposition? Marc Lynch has argued that "m

community, and being strong enough to fight drug trafficking in collaboration with its neighbours. The situation is already slightly better in the post-Taliban period, of course. Afghanistan is not a totally `failed' or `rogue' state any more, and there has been better cooperation in the fight against traf