president trump negotiated with the taliban. under his agreement, u.s. forces would be out of afghanistan by may 1, 2021. >> do you think that the trump administration's agreement for bringing peace to afghanistan was inevitably going to be a roadmap to surrender to the taliban? >> it definitely facilitated that. they gave them the experience of presenting themselves as a state or a quasi state. >> royia rahmani was appointed afghanistan's first female ambassador to the u.s. and served during the negotiations. >> when the negotiation with the taliban started, it should have been a two-segment negotiation, one with the u.s. and taliban, another u.s. talking with the afghan government. it should have been more of trying to bring everyone