whether more could have been done to make peace with the taliban in the years afterwards.— make peace with the taliban in the years afterwards. yes, there were so many missed — years afterwards. yes, there were so many missed opportunities _ years afterwards. yes, there were so many missed opportunities including | many missed opportunities including evenin many missed opportunities including even in december 2001 who i have spoken to the taliban who said they gave a letter to hamid karzai which was in effect a letter of surrender saying they wanted to live in afghanistan with their families and wed, ready to put down the guns and give up to his authority but that was a moment when the us in officials were talking about revenge and to use their phase, it frays a comprehensive defeat of the taliban. they didn't want them to be living in peace in afghanistan, they didn't want them at the international conference in bonn in the late months at 2001 which ended up choosing hamid karzai first as the interim leader. it was a very different moment. through the years the americans kept saying we need to fight the taliban and then we will talk to them when we have greater military advantage on the battlefield and many believe that had the talks started sooner, when the taliban had less of a presence