Afghan president Ashraf Ghani sought reforms, ousted by Taliban - The Washington Post

… But even as critics called him arrogant and harsh, the president felt emasculated and undercut by U.S. officials when their 2020 pact with the Taliban ignored basic Afghan interests and led to the release of thousands of Taliban prisoners, which Ghani had strongly opposed…

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