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President. but a months-long operation at one point ill make, anderson, following the u.s. withdrawal a little less than a year ago, august 30th, of 2021, there had been an open question whether the u.s. would be able to carry out counterterror operations agree wallet had boots on the ground in afghanistan. in fact, the cia director had said publicly that they would not have the same capability to do so over the horizon operation. its more difficult, you have to i rely on eyes on the skies and n...

From afghanistan last year. you will recall that at the time president biden was announcing that withdrawal he bowed that the united states would still maintain, quote, overturn the horizon capabilities. what are over the horizon capabilities? it is exactly what we saw this past weekend. with the ability to carry out this drone strike. the president, and administration officials had said, that even without boots on the ground they would make sure that they have the capability to go after terrori...

Do it by other means. not saying that we would do that without this president would do that but the taliban has made clear we cannot trust them. today we are where we were in 2001 except we have much greater capability of killing terrorists wherever they stand, drive or sleep. >> look, most of the documents including the doha agreement are based on self-interest and the ability for us to leverage military and intelligence power, economic engagement and other than that they have no meaning. it se...

Disturbing policy questions that we havent heard the answer to going forward. what does that mean for u.s. dealings with afghanistan? >> that was actually -- because nick, you pointed out this morning that this also wasnt a sketchy out skirt way off somewhere that he and his family were. >> im still struck with this incredible hood with neighborhood i spent a lot of time, rich westerns, well connected afghan officials a balcony where americans may have enjoyed a whisky at some point in the past ...

But look, the president was very clear tonight, as he has been quite frankly since the war in afghanistan ended, that were going to stay vigilant, we have the capability and capacity to conduct over the horizon counter-terrorism strikes, weve proved that this weekend, and so i go back to what the president said, which is theres no greater responsibility that he feels, than for the safety of american, of the american people,an and our national security interests, around the world and i think agai...

Accountability. the strike itself tells them, shows them how serious we are about our desire never to see afghanistan become a safe haven again for launches -- the launch of attacks against our homeland, and it shows them the degree to which were capable of doing this without boots on the ground. and that were going to be able to maintain that capability going forward. you called it a finite resource. i wont disagree with you. obviously all military resources are in effect finite. you can number...

Vigilant and capable. as we proved we have the capability to conduct over the horizon counterterrorism strikes with great effect. i think the message has been clearly sent to al qaeda and anybody who might harbor them. >> without giving away too much of your operational plans can you explain to the viewers? i think it does get to the argument that over the horizon strikes do work and you can do it without boots on the ground. how did you identify and carry out a strike that according to reports ...

Were names that were -- that we knew very well. that for ten years, we talked about zawahiri and osama bin laden and khalid mohamed. there were others that were capture that had we dont talk about as much, and the fact that his successors of at least president obama and president biden, fulfilled that vow of president bushs, its just remarkable. it took 21 years, but the u.s. did it. >> its certainly an amazing demonstration of u.s. capability to track and to eliminate those who attacked us on 9...

Trying to prove themselves, outdo each other to try to attack america successfully? >> look, i think that every terrorist in the world has to see what happened last weekend. ayman al zawahiri is dead. afghanistan is obviously not a safe haven for terrorists, and the united states has the kaep capability from over the horizon to develop an operation and to execute it flawlessly. >> john brennan just emphasized that sarajadin haqqani, the man in charge of all the security for the taliban, owns tha...

Long-term, theyre still a threat. >> so that calls into question this from the president of the united states last night saying the united states government has been looking for him for a long time, and everybody should feel better. listen. >> people around the world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer. we continue to show our resolve and capacity to those who continue to seek us harm. >> the capacity is what strikes to me. the administration did insist it would have over th...