A bit over two years ago, the United States experienced its greatest foreign policy defeat since Vietnam when the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) that we had brought to power in Afghanistan after 9-11 collapsed and the Taliban – whom we had deposed a full generation before – returned to power. The disgraceful rout was hailed as a “well-organized evacuation” and a “logistical miracle” by the administration and the media. (The tens of thousands of Afghans who had worked for us that were left behind could not be reached for comment). Since then, we have maintained an Afghan interest section in Doha Qatar that still speaks with Taliban representatives. However, we have no diplomatic representation in Afghanistan itself.
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