Zalmay Khalilzad

former diplomat

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American ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Nations under George W. Bush; US citizen born in Afghanistan; Assistant Deputy Undersecretary for Policy Planning in the Defense Departments of Presidents Bush, Sr. and Reagan; author of The Envoy: From Kabul to the White House, My Journey through a Turbulent World

Zalmay Khalilzad on KCRW

With the votes still coming in, we’ll look ahead at one of the major challenges facing the next President of the United States: the fight against ISIS. It’s a legacy of George W.

Defeating ISIS might be just the beginning

With the votes still coming in, we’ll look ahead at one of the major challenges facing the next President of the United States: the fight against ISIS. It’s a legacy of George W.

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NATO and Afghan forces claim they killed a senior Taliban commander today, Hamid Karzai picked a former President of his country to chair a peace council that's reaching out to the…

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The war with the Taliban involves the US, Afghanistan and Pakistan, but there's growing evidence that all three have different objectives.

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The war with the Taliban involves the US, Afghanistan and Pakistan, but there's growing evidence that all three have different objectives.

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