New Delhi, March 28 -- Zalmay Khalilzad, the former US Ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq, may return as the mediator between the US and Taliban in Afghanistan.

Experts told the Independent that the Trump administration may once again turn to Khalilzad to engage with Taliban; including discussions about reopening the US embassy in Kabul.

"That would be a major boost in terms of international recognition for the militant regime that has been globally condemned for its assault on women's rights," the report stated.

Khalilzad's life: He arrived in the United States as an immigrant teenager when the upheaval in Afghanistan started. He began his career at the US Department of State in 1986

Khalilzad's career: Zalmay Khalilzad, an Afghan-bo...