The unsaid information by the American diplomat since the day of the fall of Kabul.
The former US special representative in Afghanistan said: Despite urging Biden to keep the troops until the right conditions are met, the US president decided to withdraw from Afghanistan.
Khalilzad said that before the fall of Kabul, there was still hope for power sharing: “Before the fall of Kabul, the Taliban had agreed to negotiate with a group of Afghan politicians to share power, but after Ashraf Ghani’s escape and the creation of a power vacuum, The Taliban entered the capital of Afghanistan.
He said: It is a pity that we could not reach an agreement on a political agreement in Afghanistan before the Taliban entered Kabul.
Khalilzad said: “The Taliban had proposed that the United States take over the security of Kabul, but the commander of Centcom did not accept this proposal because there are no necessary forces to provide security.”
The former US representative in Afghanistan continued: After this issue, Taliban forces entered Kabul and formed a government with the participation of their senior members in Afghanistan.
Khalilzad stated that both US presidents, Trump and Biden, wanted the withdrawal of the military from Afghanistan, and said: I believed that the presence of the military in Afghanistan would be a tool to pressure the Taliban, but the US presidents considered the presence of the troops to be just an additional cost. They called
He said: “I asked Biden to allow the military to remain in Afghanistan as a means of pressure, but the American president believed that the continued presence of soldiers would make us stay in this country forever, so he decided to leave this country.” got it.”
Khalilzad also said about the interim government of the Taliban: The Taliban is currently being held hostage by the extremist members of this group and its members are in conflict, although they pretend that there is no conflict between them.
This former American politician also said about the recognition of the Taliban: “Until a comprehensive government is formed in this country, this country will not have legitimacy inside and outside this country, and the sanctions against the Taliban will not be lifted.”
