US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has resigned

US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has resigned and will be replaced with Thomas West following the Taliban takeover of the country. The Afghan-born diplomat previously held US ambassador positions to Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Nations and has been US envoy under the Trump and Biden administrations.

Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan, is stepping down after more than three years on the job. His departure follows the American withdrawal from the country.

Zalmay Khalilzad, Biden’s Envoy for Afghanistan, Steps Down – In an Oct. 18 resignation letter to Sec Blinken, “the political arrangement between the Afghan government and the Taliban did not go forward as envisaged. The reasons for this are too complex”

What people are saying?

Kalid Good riddance. Destroyed Afghanistan twice by bringing his own employee to power in 2001 and creating a coalition government utterly corrupted for 20 years. Then making a deal with terrorist Taliban to hand over the country.

Sharif Hassan Zalmay Khalilzad has resigned. He was the mastermind behind the Doha deal which paved the way for the Taliban’s return to power in 2021, and the architect of Bonn agreement which was made after the US and northern alliance toppled the very same group – Taliban — two decades ago.