Options against Biden in how to face the Doha agreement

According to the regional office of Tasnim news agency, “Zalmi Khalilzad, the former special representative of the US for Afghanistan peace affairs in the foreign relations committee of the US House of Representatives, said that there are three options for the Biden administration regarding the Doha agreement, not insisting on the conditionality of the agreement and emphasizing the withdrawal and fight against terrorism, withdrawing from the agreement and finally There was conditional acceptance of the Doha Agreement.

He added that President Biden did not choose the option of conditional withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, while I had recommended the option of conditional acceptance of the Doha Agreement. .

Khalilzad continued, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken had also recommended my opinion, but other people in the Washington government argued that the Taliban attacks against the military. The Americans refuse to accept our recommendation.

The former special representative of the US for peace affairs in Afghanistan noted that the first steps towards the negotiation of an agreement with the Taliban were taken by the Obama administration.

Khalilzad stated that the White House and the Security Council The US nationals were leading the full process of military withdrawal in 2021, and in August, when the deadly withdrawal took place, an important decision on engagement with the Taliban was being made by the National Security Council of the Joe Biden administration.

He pointed out that Ashraf Ghani’s government was not against the principle of releasing prisoners, but against the large number of them. Referring to the impact of the US military withdrawal, he stated that this process had a psychological impact and had a negative impact on the balance of power for Ashraf Ghani’s government. Khalilzad on the possible planning of the US Foreign Ministry in Afghanistan. He also said that this ministry lacked any planning.

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