“The deal was signed by US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as a witness.”
““It began under President Trump when he authorised negotiations between the US and the Taliban without the Afghan government in the room. That was a key Taliban demand, and we acceded to it, and it was a huge demoralizing factor for the Afghan government and its security focus.””
Meme of the day. Who do we thank for this?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51689443
“The deal was signed by US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as a witness.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-plans-friday-meeting-to-make-arrangements-for-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/2019/08/16/cab8d6aa-c00e-11e9-a5c6-1e74f7ec4a93_story.html
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/02/19/after-the-us-taliban-deal-what-might-negotiations-between-the-taliban-and-afghan-side-look-like/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-taliban-resurgence-afghanistan-b1902376.html
““It began under President Trump when he authorised negotiations between the US and the Taliban without the Afghan government in the room. That was a key Taliban demand, and we acceded to it, and it was a huge demoralizing factor for the Afghan government and its security focus.””
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/us-taliban-deal-has-no-element-of-peace-says-former-pak-diplomat/article33765576.ece
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/04/973604904/trumps-deal-to-end-war-in-afghanistan-leaves-biden-with-a-terrible-situation
https://blogforarizona.net/rnc-memory-holes-gqp-support-for-trumps-deeply-flawed-agreement-with-the-taliban/
https://news.sky.com/story/afghanistan-after-trumps-rotten-deal-what-incentive-is-there-for-taliban-to-negotiate-12377962
Who?