Zalmay Khalilzad, veteran US envoy whose months of diplomacy failed to prevent Taliban from taking power in Afghanistan, resigns
Zalmay Khalilzad spearheaded US dialogue with the Taliban and was a key figure in peace talks with the group.
Current and former US officials told Reuters news agency earlier that in the three years Khalilzad had been in the role, he became the face of one of the largest US diplomatic failures in recent memory. He had for years spearheaded US dialogue with the Taliban and was a key figure in peace talks with the group.
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