US was losing war to Taliban so it negotiated: Former US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad

Talking to CBS News, Zalmay Khalilzad said the US military tried many times to strengthen its position on the battleground, but it failed.

Washington: The United States was losing the war to the Taliban so it chose negotiations as an alternative, the former US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad has said. 

Talking to CBS News, Khalilzad said the US military tried many times to strengthen its position on the battleground, but it failed.

"The negotiation was a result of--based on the judgment that we weren`t winning the war and therefore time was not on our side and better to make a deal sooner than later," Tolo News quoted Khalilzad as saying.