ENG - Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad (Nastaliq: زلمی خلیلزاد - Zalmay Khalīlzād) (born: 22 March 1951) is a counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and president of Khalilzad Associates. He was the permanent United States Ambassador to the United Nations under President George W Bush. He has been involved with U.S. policy makers at the White House since the early 1980s, and was the highest-ranking Afghan American and Muslim in the Administration of U.S. President George W. Bush. Khalilzad's previous assignments in the Administration include U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq.
Career history
In 1984 Khalilzad accepted a one-year Council on Foreign Relations fellowship to join the State Department, where he worked for Paul ...
KABUL (SANA): Governance is such a significant problem in Afghanistan that there is growing speculation the Karzai government is about to create a new “chief executive” position.This unelected figure would be a buffer between the President and his ministers, holding both the status of a cabinet minister and many levers of power. A powerful former U.S. ambassador, Zalmay Khalilzad, has denied he is negotiating for the job.Last week, the Kabul newspaper 8 a.m. reported it had obtained the draft language for the chairman of the “executive commission” post.The chairman ...
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Der frühere US-Botschafter in Afghanistan und im Irak hat den Dialog mit Teheran eröffnet. Seine Iran-Lagebeurteilung.
Die Presse: Wie beurteilen Sie die Ereignisse der vergangenen Wochen im Iran?Zalmay Khalilzad: Was passiert ist, ist eine wahre Tragödie für das iranische Volk. Die Machthaber haben einen dramatischen Fehler gemacht. Es ist schwer vorherzusagen, was als Nächstes passieren wird. Es gab auch während der Islamischen Revolution Perioden relativer Ruhe, die dann wieder von einer Protestphase abgelöst wurden. Es gibt nun ...
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