Key party meeting expected later this month in NK
No warnings are going to be enough.
Khalilzad said he had struck an agreement on August 14.Asked if he knows where the leader of al Qaeda.
Asked about the CIA having said that al Qaeda could reconstitute in as little as a year within Afghanistan.Asked whether he believes the Taliban are capable of living up to their agreements let alone governing the country.he made clear that the withdrawal that he negotiated.
No doubt about it could have been a lot worse.but was not exclusively run by that group.
This was an ugly and final phase.
By the time Khalilzad was appointed negotiator.And they said they will take- And they- in discussions with us-- that they will take some of the government leaders.
But the choice is now mostly theirs.Haqqanis breaking to our satisfaction from Al-Qaeda has to be a pre-condition.
KHALILZAD: Those are also facts that impacted the situation.MARGARET BRENNAN: Why wasnt there a better plan in place from the Trump administration or crafted by the Biden administration to execute what you put on paper?KHALILZAD: Well.