we begin that series with her interview with afghanistan's vice president amrullah saleh. >> the afghanple, of which i am one of them, they are tired of war. but they are not ready to sell their soul. >> reporter: when president trump's administration signed an agreement with the taliban to withdraw all u.s. troops from the country, he fully intended to oversee that process in his second term. instead, it's president biden who inherits america's longest war and that deal. popular as leaving the war behind might be in the u.s., it would be a disaster for the government in kabul. >> when the united states bypassed us and reached out to the taliban directly, it was both a surprise for us and also a dream for the taliban. what is this? i think that was a mistake. >> reporter: with less than 100 days before american troopare scheduled to leave for good, afghanistan's vice president amrullah saleh sat down with the "newshour" to discuss the agreement, america's legacy here, and what he sees as major mistakes by the trump white hous one criticism his government had of the u.s. talks with the t