The new government holds a contrasting, favorable view of him, with Foreign Ministry spokesperson Abdul Qahar Balkhi tweeting in recognition of KhalilzadвЂ™s work on Tuesday, and stating that the Taliban remains, вЂњoptimistic about moving forward with the new representative Thomas West.вЂќДЄccording to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, WashingtonвЂ™s international credibility has been damaged by choosing to depart from Afghanistan. Because of this, many locals believe its chief architect and native Afghan Khalilzad, is a betrayer of his people. The Doha Agreement failed to commit the Taliban to tangible concessions, and additionally, implicitly supported its legitimacy over the Afghan government. Many criticize US withdrawal as benefiting the Taliban, and something that will continue to negatively affect the lives of Afghans. The idea that the US abandoned Afghanistan in a rash and haphazard manner has become widespread, with publications like the National Review drawing comparisons between the end of the Afghanistan War and the Vietnam War. Regardless, Biden continued to abide by the agreement, prompting criticism that he and Khalilzad have continued a pattern of abandonment and defeat in Afghanistan, set in motion by Trump. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, the Taliban only вЂњramped up attacks on Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) bases and outposts and began to rapidly seize more territoryвЂќ after the Doha Agreement. Khalilzad failed to reconcile the Afghan government and the Taliban, leading to violent consequences. However, the agreement primarily focuses on establishing diplomatic relations between the US and Afghanistan, not on the ongoing internal conflict in the latter country. Khalilzad was the leading negotiator of the Doha Agreement of 2020, which formally ended the Afghanistan War. The administration viewed the effort as necessary to ensure a cleaner departure from the two decades of military involvement in the region. The role called for the facilitation of cooperation and reconciliation between the Taliban and the Afghan government, led by Ashraf Ghani, until early August. Khalilzad was appointed in 2018 by President Trump as a special advisor to Afghanistan. This change in diplomatic leadership arrives in the wake of US withdrawal from Afghanistan under President Biden.

KhalilzadвЂ™s position as a Special Representative for Afghan Reconciliation will be filled by former Deputy Special Representative Thomas West. Top envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad stepped down from his role on Tuesday, a day after the US State Department confirmed the resignation.

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