Donald Trump's recounting of his 2020 conversation with a Taliban leader is something else - CNNPolitics

… That it lands on the same day that so many Republicans have been so quick to bash President Joe Biden for his handling of the drawdown of the US presence in Afghanistan should serve as a reminder that Trump's foreign policy knowledge and bona fides were absolutely paper thin.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/28/politics/donald-trump-hugh-hewitt/index.html

You Wouldn’t Know It From the US News Coverage, But … | Talking Points Memo

… something that seems to be getting very, very little above-the-fold coverage in the American press coverage: the key leaders of the US backed government over the last two decades are relaxedly meeting with the political leadership of the Taliban in Kabul about the formation of the new government.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/you-wouldnt-know-it-from-the-us-news-coverage-but

“Good Fighters” and “Great Negotiators”: Donald Trump Is Weirdly Full of Praise for the Taliban | Vanity Fair

… And, of course, it wouldn't be a Trump hit without him going off on a bizarre tangent about how dictators the world over love him and think Joe Biden sucks…
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/08/donald-trump-taliban-good-fighters-great-negotiators

Russia says Kabul seems safer under Taliban than it was under Ghani | Reuters

… "The situation is peaceful and good and everything has calmed down in the city. The situation in Kabul now under the Taliban is better than it was under (President) Ashraf Ghani," said Zhirnov.…

https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-says-kabul-seems-safer-under-taliban-than-it-was-under-ghani-2021-08-16/

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…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/ashraf-ghani-afghanistan/2021/08/15/e2ba7624-fde6-11eb-87e0-7e07bd9ce270_story.html