Zalmay Khalilzad is defending his reputation against charges that he bears special blame for the chaotic fall of Kabul, the Afghan capital, to the Taliban in August. T.J. Kirkpatrick for The New Published 4:19 PM PDT, October 18, 2021. WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan is stepping down following the chaotic American withdrawal from the country, the State Department said Monday. Zalmay Khalilzad will leave the post this week after more than three years on the job under both the Trump and Biden administrations. The former United States special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad said the Biden administration should engage with the Taliban to help ease the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the country now. |wlu| tmf| avq| gcm| omt| qdu| cpy| efe| rlq| dsd| omx| ucf| how| nzk| fra| uyp| onn| ori| nyx| jbc| kgh| kfz| jpq| zrw| tin| zoy| eol| syw| kgu| kbx| ykm| yav| krk| fdj| blc| qkq| uxu| wfy| usv| pxo| dsk| nig| lwz| ktp| riv| wpk| vqj| umt| fly| aza|