

EXTRA: Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad - Extended Interview
Oct 25, 2021
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
The End of America's Longest War in Afghanistan
01:32 • 2min
Negotiating With the Taliban Government in Afghanistan
03:09 • 2min
The Taliban's Fall
04:44 • 2min
The Pentagon Recognizes Afghan Commandos Left Behind
06:19 • 2min
The Taliban's Vision for Afghanistan
08:25 • 3min
The Taliban and the Future of Afghanistan
11:03 • 2min
The Taliban's Decline on Ties to Al Qaeda
12:47 • 2min
The Importance of Monitoring the Commitments on Terrorism
14:40 • 2min
The Importance of a Condition-Based Comprehensive Agreement
16:31 • 4min
The Taliban's Return to Turn
20:37 • 3min
The Trump Administration's Decision to Release 5,000 Prisoners
23:11 • 2min
The Importance of Confidence Building Measures
24:56 • 2min
The Government's Role in the Slow Rolling of the Negotiations
27:06 • 2min
The U.S. And the Taliban Negotiated a Settlement
29:36 • 2min
The Trump Administration's Failure to Press President Ghani Harder
32:02 • 3min
The President Biden Erased the Taliban Agreement
34:33 • 2min
The Taliban's Reaction to the Kabul Airport Disaster
36:06 • 3min
The Importance of Negotiating With Taliban Political Leaders
39:32 • 2min
The Importance of Negotiating With the Taliban
41:51 • 2min
The Resignation Letter to President Ghani
44:04 • 2min
The United States' Plan to Deal With the Taliban
46:16 • 2min
The Wink and the Not of a US Military Presence in Afghanistan
47:49 • 2min
The Importance of Monitoring the Situation
49:21 • 3min
Why I Left the Government
52:20 • 2min
The Importance of Execution in the Biden Administration
54:16 • 2min
The Struggle for Peace in Afghanistan
55:54 • 2min
The Taliban's Importance in Afghanistan
57:42 • 3min