Indeed, the Qatar-based negotiations highlight why the US political leadership has deliberately refrained from decapitating the Taliban. The US military has had ample opportunities (and still has) to eliminate the Taliban’s Rahbari Shura, or leadership council, often called the Quetta Shura because it relocated to that Pakistani city.
如今，美国竭力与塔利班达成协议，美国政策将再完整的重演一遍。实际上，在卡塔尔举行的谈判突出表明了美国的政治领导层故意放过塔利班的原因。美国军方曾有（现在还有）大量的机会消灭塔利班的领导委员会，通常又称为“基达领导委员会”，因为该委员会搬到了这个巴基斯坦城市。