The US did not take into account the real situation in Afghanistan, said the former US envoy for Afghanistan (FILE)
The US chose the calendar-based approach in its decisions on troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and did not take into account the real situation in Afghanistan Country, said the former US special envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad on Sunday.
« Ultimately, the decision was made to set conditional conditions aside and follow on a calendar basis, » he said in an interview with the broadcaster CBS. </ Khalilzad, who said the withdrawal had not gone as he expected in his resignation letter, noted that the new US administration would have the leeway to make decisions despite the agreement with the Taliban from the previous one Inherited government, Sputnik reported.
Despite remaining challenges and past failures, Khalilzad believes the US counter-terrorism mission in the country is going ahead It was successful because « the terrorist threat from Afghanistan is no longer what it used to be » and al-Qaeda is « devastated ».
At the same time, the ex-envoy admitted that the country had been in the 20 years the American military presence in Afghanistan had not become a democracy.
« As far as the building of a democratic Afghanistan is concerned, I do not think that it has succeeded. The fight goes on. The talibs are a reality in Afghanistan. We did not defeat them, « he said, noting that the Taliban had a different vision for the country, but there is hope that the more moderate views will prevail as the movement is fragmented.
October 18th US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that Khalilzad had resigned as special envoy to Afghanistan.
Khalilzad said he made the decision to resign at a time when Washington was entering a new phase of policy towards Kabul after withdrawing from Afghanistan in August introduced.
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