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The doha agreement that ultimately led to the u.s. withdrawal of troops. meaning the taliban said that they would not allow terrorists. groups to have a safe haven in afghanistan. but it now raises questions about the future, potentially, of u.s. taliban relations. something that is potentially been on the horizon in the long term. now, all of that even more into question with all of these revelations. >> colonel leighton i see you shaking your head. do you want to get in on that? >> i think jer...

Inside the situation room, intelligence officials brought in a small scale model of the safe house. they brought it to the president to describe to him, how exactly, they can conduct a strike with a drone and ensure that the building would remain structurally -- that the structural integrity of the building will remain. but the people inside the building, the civilians, including al zawahiris family would not be killed. and ultimately, that is exactly what u.s. officials say happened here with t...

Of all, i guess the taliban knew zawahiri was living there and i guess approved that. what are their capabilities of the isis affiliate -- against the isis affiliate? >> well, theyre battling the isis affiliate. theyre also battling some of the resistance force as theyre termed. let me highlight something you just mentioned, anderson. and that is, of course, that again the leader of al-qaeda was located in kabul indicating clearly in a way taliban didnt learn the lesson from allowing, again, bin...

You dont need military on the ground, that you can actually fight terrorists through drones and other technological means, they basically said that well stillen abl be able to do that e last couple days was absolute proof that that over the horizon strategy was not only strong but pretty remarkable when you start to get the details of how this kill happened. and if, you know -- and that there were no other casualties, not even his family at this stage. so it is not just a victory, you get an al ...

Community, to the cia, to whoever conducted this strike and will probably know -- never know the exact methods which they employed their capabilities. this is a pretty good strike and this individual who is the head of al qaeda worldwide, he is basically the ceo of al qaeda network. its going to disrupt their capabilities, certainly. there are going to be people replacing him, you know. whenever we conducted a strike, when i ordered a strike in iraq, there was always someone to step up behind th...

Abilities, and intelligence capabilities that we are able to find him in kabul and take this action as president biden said with meticulous planning and with careful regard for preventing civilian casualties. i do think it demonstrates that we will not relent in terms of our efforts to take out okay to leaders as well as leaders of other terrorist organizations who percent a threat to u.s. interests and persons. >> lets talk about the position here, or general, because a senior administration of...

The us? quite clearly the us hoping to draw a line under some of the worst of those atrocities from 9/11. presidentjoe biden had been asked many times when he decided to call every single american soldier out of afghanistan. he said that the threat posed by al-qaeda and other terrorist groups including islamic state, which also operates in afghanistan, did not require boots on the ground. they had intelligence capabilities, they had the kind of military hardware including the drones that seem to...

Strike. we will probably know and never know the exact method in which they employ their capabilities. this is a pretty good strike. and this individual who is the head of al-qaeda worldwide. he is basically the ceo of how the al-qaeda network. it is gonna disrupt their capabilities, certainly. theyre gonna be people who are replacing him, you know, whenever we conducted a strike. when i ordered a strike in iraq. there is always someone to step up behind the individual that we destroyed and they...

And there are many of us that said that the military and intelligence community is much better than that. dont underrate their capabilities. and, yes, it is tougher. because you dont have the so-called reconnaissance on the target. you dont have the so-called eyes on the target? but still there is a capability. to just target signals intelligence. human intelligence from other areas other than just u.s. forces on the ground. there are, you, know basically spies that would say. hey, describes whe...

Chaotic and deadly withdrawal from afghanistan. politically, what does this victory mean for the biden administration? >> listen. i think as to the capabilities of, you know, their ability to contract this strike without boots on the ground, this is validation of something that biden administration officials and the president talked about during that withdrawal from afghanistan last year. youll recall that at the time, as president biden was announcing that withdrawal, he found that the united s...