Afghanistan, May 2 -- Zalmay Khalilzad states that the initial steps towards negotiations with the Taliban were taken under the Obama administration, not the Donald Trump administration.

Khalilzad says that during the Obama era, he received a letter from Mullah Yaqoob, stating that war does not have a military solution, and the Taliban seeks its end.

The US House Foreign Affairs Committee broadcast Zalmay Khalilzad's testimony, the former US representative for Afghanistan, on Thursday, May 2nd, on its official X page. These remarks are part five of a series of interviews conducted by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led by Michael McCaul, with US State Department officials involved in the Afghanistan withdrawal program.

Mr Khalilza...