Zalmay Khalilzad Appointed As U.S. Special Adviser To Afghanistan

Zalmay Khalilzad Appointed As U.S. Special Adviser To Afghanistan : NPR: 

Pompeo confirmed the appointment on Tuesday.
"Ambassador Khalilzad is going to join the State Department team to assist us in the reconciliation effort, so he will come on and be the State Department's lead person for that purpose," Pompeo told reporters aboard a flight bound for Pakistan.
Khalilzad will "be full-time focused on developing the opportunities to get the Afghans and the Taliban to come to a reconciliation. That will be his singular mission statement," Pompeo said.