Former US Ambassador Khalilzad Visits Kabul, Attends Taliban Oil Deal Signing

Former US ambassador Khalilzad visits Kabul, attends Taliban oil deal signing

Former US Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad met with senior Taliban officials and attended the signing of a major oil and gas agreement with a Saudi company, despite the US State Department insisting that he was acting solely “in a personal capacity.” Whatever his intentions, Khalilzad gave the Taliban something it has sought since returning to power: an appearance of American validation. The post Former US ambassador Khalilzad visits K…

Former US ambassador appears to profit from Taliban deal

When the first hijacked plane hit the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, senior National Security Council official Zalmay Khalilzad was attending a meeting in the White House situation room. Khalilzad was the most senior Afghan American in the U.S. government. For most Bush administration alumni and those from the Obama, Trump, and Biden […]