Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. diplomat who negotiated a withdrawal deal with the Taliban last year, is back in Doha, Qatar, desperately trying to cobble together some kind of face-saving agreement for the Afghan government that would allow them to leave the country alive.
Joe Biden urges Afghans to ‘fight for their nation’ as Taliban advance continues
Joe Biden has urged the Afghan government to “fight for their nation” even as a Taliban offensive continued to make rapid gains, taking yet another provincial capital.
Faizabad, the provincial capital of the northern Badakhshan province, fell overnight to the Taliban, which control 65% of the country and nine out of 34 provincial capitals as the US and Nato finalise their withdrawal after a decades-long war.
Yea, Joe will rally them.
