{"id":6111,"date":"2021-11-03T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T03:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/en\/?p=6111"},"modified":"2021-11-04T21:59:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T17:29:03","slug":"khalilzad-ghani-thought-the-united-states-would-never-leave-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/en\/afghanistan\/khalilzad-ghani-thought-the-united-states-would-never-leave-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Khalilzad: Ghani thought the United States would never leave Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Ariana News Agency: Ashraf Ghani thought the United States would never leave Afghanistan, said the former US envoy to Afghanistan.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Zalmai Khalilzad&#8221;, the former US envoy to Afghanistan for peace, said in an interview with &#8220;CNN&#8221; that former US President &#8220;Donald Trump&#8221; had concluded that we are not winning the war in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Khalilzad said that the war in Afghanistan was not a good one for all three US presidents.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The main problem with peace in Afghanistan was the great distance between the government and the Taliban. 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