WorldFormer top US diplomat details post-9/11 missteps in Afghanistan and Iraq

Former US diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad says anger and fear after the September 11 attacks drove a series of escalating decisions. He expresses misgivings about not negotiating with the Taliban and about the Iraq war, saying the intelligence and analysis behind it were problematic.

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