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Status
Draft
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Dissolved
Active
Also Known As
Taliban
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Overall Confidence
95%
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About
Khalilzad had multiple periods of engagement with the Taliban: in 1997 at a Houston reception during his Unocal consultancy; publicly advocated U.S. engagement with the Taliban in a 1996 Washington Post op-ed; and from 2018-2021 as U.S. Special Representative, negotiating the February 2020 Doha Agreement that led to U.S. withdrawal.
Key Relationships
Zalmay Khalilzad
met_with
Khalilzad had multiple periods of engagement with the Taliban: in 1997 at a Houston reception during his Unocal consultancy; publicly advocated U.S. engagement with the Taliban in a 1996 Washington Post op-ed; and from 2018-2021 as U.S. Special Representative, negotiating the February 2020 Doha Agreement that led to U.S. withdrawal.
George W. Bush
criticized
George W. Bush made an interview blunder by misidentifying the Taliban, exclaiming 'Oh, the Taliban! I thought you said ‘some band’…'.