"We have signed an agreement with the Taliban that achieves US objectives," Khalilzad, the United States' special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, wrote on Twitter later that night. In negotiations, officials said Khalilzad gave away too much early by making clear that Washington was looking to withdraw all of its troops. A major concession, according to the officials, was Khalilzad agreeing to the Taliban's demand that President Ashraf Ghani release 5,000 Taliban prisoners. But some lawmakers have pointed the finger at Khalilzad as the architect of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and say he must go. "Ambassador Khalilzad has provided you with poor counsel and his diplomatic strategy has failed spectacularly," Representative Michael Waltz, an Afghanistan war veteran, wrote to Biden last month.

Source: bd News24 September 10, 2021 09:56 UTC