Top US envoy to Afghanistan Khalilzad steps down
By DW
24 October 2021 |
12:39 pm
The top US envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad is stepping down, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. The State Department's inspector general has also opened investigations into the withdrawal.
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