In December, Iran participated in the Bonn negotiations that put together a temporary Afghan government. James Dobbins, the US ambassador who led the US delegation to Bonn, recalled that US-Iranian cooperation was surprisingly good. “The Iranians were very interested in cooperating on Afghanistan and other areas,” he told me. In 2002, Ambassador Dobbins met with a Quds Force general under Soleimani who offered to help train the Afghan National Army under US leadership. “Condoleezza Rice organized a Principles Committee meeting at the White House to discuss the offer,” said Dobbins, “But there
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