The United States (US) was losing the war to the Taliban so it chose negotiations as an alternative, said the former US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad. 

Talking to CBS News, Khalilzad said the US military tried many times to strengthen its position on the battleground, but it failed. “The negotiation was a result based on the judgment that we weren’t winning the war and therefore time was not on our side and better to make a deal sooner than later,” Tolo News quoted Khalilzad said.