1. The envoy

A Wish for Afghanistan by BBC

Sep 1, 202126:51News & Politics

Talking to the Taliban – the US diplomat who negotiated the American pull-out. Zalmay Khalilzad has been the Afghanistan point man for three American presidents. Born in Afghanistan, for the last 20 years he’s played a p...

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