No surprise. Karzai is bargaining for his life—if he reaches an accommodation with the Taliban, maybe they won’t kill him when he runs off to Switzerland with the money he’s skimmed.
He will have to battle his brother for the money. Karzai’s brother has took plenty from the Kabul Bank.
I agree. They probably assured him of safe passage. Within 90 days of our last big draw down the Taliban will be running Kabul. Back to pre-9/11
Yeh you can hardly blame the guy for trying save himself knowing the US is getting ready to leave him to the wolves. Self preservation is a strong instinct. :-)