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Top US envoy to Afghanistan steps down

By Elizabeth Faddis
Published October 19, 2021 1:13am ET
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Top US envoy to Afghanistan steps down
FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2019, file photo, Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad at the U.S. Institute of Peace, in Washington. The longest direct talks ever held between the United States and the Taliban concluded this week with both sides citing progress toward ending the 17-year war, but many questions remain unanswered. Khalilzad said they reached two “draft agreements” covering the withdrawal of U.S. troops and guarantees that Afghanistan would not revert to a haven for terrorists. | (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

The top U.S. envoy to Afghanistan, who negotiated the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan under former President Donald Trump, is resigning, the State Department said Monday.

“As Special Representative for Afghan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad steps down from his role, I extend my gratitude for his decades of service to the American people,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a press statement.

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