Khalilzad says the US is washing its hands of #Afghanistan and the entire "peace process" now that they've checked the box on "intra-Afghan negotiations"
Khalilzad lies that the decision to release all the #Taliban prisoners, including those #France and #Australia asked #Kabul not to release, was an Afghan decision.
In reality, it was solely the result of severe US pressure and threats that forced Kabul to cave in.
Khalilzad equates Kabul's commitments relating to Al-Qaeda with the #Taliban's, which is utterly intertwined with the group. Incredible.
Khalilzad: There are bad people on all sides. They should make peace to fight ISIS
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Khalilzad just running interference for the #Taliban at this press conference and deflecting the question about who tried to assassinate Amrulleh Saleh (obviously the Taliban)
Khalilzad continues his defense of the #Taliban, blaming Kabul for the delay in these talks because they refused to release all 5000 prisoners.
In reality, it took so long because the Taliban added this "all prisoners" condition to screw with everyone and the US went along.
Khalilzad implicitly confirms that Women's Rights will not be preserved in #Afghanistan.
Then he lies that withdrawal is linked to #Taliban counterterrorism commitments, which are themselves bullshit, assuming they've even been given.
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