We should have pushed ex-Afghan president Ghani to share power with Taliban: Former US envoy to Afghanistan

The United States did not put enough pressure on former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani to share power with the Taliban, said Zalmay Khalilzad, who recently resigned as US envoy to Afghanistan.

The United States did not put enough pressure on former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani to share power with the Taliban, Zalmay Khalilzad, who recently resigned as US envoy to Afghanistan, said in an interview broadcast Sunday on CBS.

The Afghan-born Khalilzad, speaking for the first time since his resignation was announced on October 18, also expressed reservations about the decision by the Biden administration to lift conditions on the withdrawal deal he had negotiated with the Islamist insurgents during the administration of President Donald Trump.