What the US killing of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour means for Afghanistan

What the US killing of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour means for the future of Afghanistan | Voices | The Independent:

On assuming power the Afghan leader visited the Pakistani military and ISI hierarchy before meeting the country’s political leadership. The hope was that the people with real clout with the insurgents would be able to bring them to the negotiating table. That did not happen; instead the level of bombings and shootings in Afghanistan, including on the capital, Kabul, rose alarmingly.