A ‘hustler’ and a ‘patriot’: How a U.S. envoy who failed to save Afghanistan seeks relevance

Zalmay Khalilzad is an archetype of the Washington creature who thrives on attention and influence, one so determined to, in the D.C. parlance, “stay relevant” that not even an epic failure deters pursuit of glory. | Alex Wong/Getty Images

By Nahal Toosi

08/13/2023 07:00 AM EDTHe was America’s point man on Afghanistan, one of the toughest assignments in U.S. diplomacy. Two years after the Taliban seized control, Zalmay Khalilzad is determined not to let U.S. failures there be his legacy.Khalilzad is both urging Biden administration officials to keep trying to implement the peace deal he negotiated with the Taliban and […]

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