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The chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban's victory there has left many questions

about whether Americans are actually safer now.

Until a few days ago, U.S. Ambassador Zalme Khalilzad was the Biden administration's top envoy negotiating directly

with the Taliban.

He broke the Trump era deal with the Taliban in which the U.S. promised to withdraw all U.S.

forces.

And he joins us now for his first television interview.

Welcome to the program.

It's great to be with you, Margaret.

You have spent more time with the Taliban

than any American. You were intimately involved with this

negotiation. The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, Mark Millie, said this was

a strategic failure, the end of America's longest war.

He said the enemy is now in charge in Kabul.

Do you share that view?

Well, I think there is a lot of anger and a lot of resentment about what has happened there.

I think we went to Afghanistan to make sure that those who had participated in the 9-11 attack were brought to justice

and that Al-Qaeda would never be able to use Afghanistan or any other terrorist group to attack the United States again.

I think with regard to terrorism, we largely have achieved their objective.

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