The C.I.A. director visited Kabul for secret talks with the Taliban.
Aug 24, 2021 · WASHINGTON — The C.I.A. director, William J. Burns, traveled to Kabul for talks with the Taliban leadership, American officials familiar with his visit said on Tuesday, conducting the...
CIA director met with Taliban leader in Kabul on Monday amid ... - CNN
Aug 24, 2021 · CIA Director William J. Burns met face-to-face with the top Taliban leader in Kabul on Monday, according to two US officials, as the US continues airlifting American citizens and its Afghan...
CIA director held secret meeting with Taliban leader in Kabul
Aug 24, 2021 · Washington — CIA Director William Burns met with the Taliban's de facto leader in Kabul on Monday, a source familiar with the situation said, in what marks the group's highest-level encounter...
The Diplomatic Spy - The Atlantic
Jan 17, 2025 · William J. Burns: The blob meets the heartland. ... Burns went to Afghanistan in August 2021, shortly after the fall of Kabul, to meet the Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar. Sending a senior ...
In An Unexpected Move, The CIA Director Met With Taliban Leader ... - NPR
Aug 24, 2021 · A surprise move, CIA Director William Burns has traveled to Kabul and has met the top Taliban political leader. That would be Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. This news comes as the U.S. faces an...
Taliban Hold Firm Against Extending Aug. 31 Deadline : NPR
Aug 24, 2021 · The talks between CIA Director William Burns and Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar come as an Aug. 31 deadline looms for the end of the U.S. airlift and withdrawal of U.S. forces.
CIA Director William Burns held secret meeting in Kabul with Taliban …
Aug 24, 2021 · CIA Director William J. Burns held a secret meeting Monday in Kabul with the Taliban’s de facto leader, Abdul Ghani Baradar, in the highest-level face-to-face encounter between the Taliban and...
CIA Director Met with Taliban Leader in Kabul - National Review
Aug 24, 2021 · CIA Director William J. Burns had a secret meeting with Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar Monday in Kabul. The former deputy secretary of state was sent to attend the clandestine...
CIA Chief William Burns Met With Senior Taliban Figure in Kabul
CIA Director William Burns met secretly with the Taliban’s top figure in Kabul on Monday amid a chaotic U.S. effort to evacuate American citizens and Afghans allied with the U.S. in advance of an...
CIA director held secret meeting with Taliban leader in Kabul: …
Aug 24, 2021 · CIA Director William J. Burns held a secret meeting in Kabul on Monday with Baradar in the highest-level face-to-face encounter between the Taliban and the Biden administration since the militants seized the Afghan capital, the Washington Post reported, citing unnamed US officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity, President Joe Biden's ...