The former US special envoy for Afghan peace Zalmay Khalilzad said the Afghan elites’ selfishness led to the failure of political transformation, reports Tolo News on October 28. Talking to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Khalilzad said the corruption and selfishness of the Afghan elites caused Afghanistan to not transform politically, despite the ‘golden’ opportunity provided. We did not transform the politics to have an enlightened national interest focused on elites serving their people. They became very selfish, self-centered, corrupt and failed in that mission” he said.