BACKGROUND
Khalilzad has been U.S. Ambassador to his home country since 2003, after having been President Bush's special envoy to Iraq and Afghanistan. He worked for Dick Cheney in the first President Bush's Department of Defense and was with the State Department under Reagan, where he was actively involved with anti-Soviet efforts in Afghanistan. Khalilzad worked for Unocal on its natural gas pipeline project, facilitating their negotiations with the Taliban. His affiliations have also included the Rand Corporation and the Project for the New American Century.

PREMISE OF THE SUIT
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LINKS
http://usembassy.state.gov/afghanistan/wwwhbiozal.html