CEP Senior Advisor Sir Ivor Roberts quoted: "Hours before the Taliban declared the formation of an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on Thursday, Khalil and his entourage met with Abdullah Abdullah, the main peace envoy in the ousted government, who later indicated publicly that Khalil had been put in charge of security in Kabul – a move that retired senior British diplomat Ivor Roberts described to Voice of America as akin to a 'fox being put in charge of a chicken coop.'"