Michael Semple

Michael Semple is a Fellow at the Carr Center on Human Rights, Harvard University, and a former deputy to the European Union Special Representative for Afghanistan.

'We think of Zakir as Nick Clegg': Taliban perspectives on reconciliation

This summer, former leading figures in the Afghan Taliban and former mediators met the authors to discuss Taliban ideas for a peace settlement. This RUSI briefing paper affords rare insights into currents of opinion within the Taliban.

By Anatol Lieven, Michael Semple, Theo Farrell and Rudra Chaudhuri

/ 20 Sep 2012