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0 legitimizing them as a real government? >> not only us, but virtually the entire international community has made clear what we expect and will insist on from the taliban. if they want to seek any legitimacy or any support. and that includes, it starts with freedom of travel. so we have been intensely engaged with turkey in qatar to get the airport in kabul up and running again which is now the case. we started to get flights out last week. and with regard to sharif, youre correct. there are f...

Them a bit more agency. simon, very briefly, if the leverage with the assets doesnt work, the americans are already talking about drone strikes if terrorism starts to flare up again? that is the unknown question. the taliban have said they are not going to be a place, _ a tent under which terrorist organisations can gather. l obviously the invasion in the first place was because al-qaeda - found succour and shelter within_ taliban—controlled afghanistan. we just dont know. that is all we have ...

The other one is that they had about 9 to $10 billion - of foreign currency reserves, i and what countries generally do with that is they use it to manage the value of their own currency. and international markets. that has been frozen, - and what that can do is send currencies into freefall and you get hyperinflation, - now we have seen a bit of that, but not as much as we thought. the question for the international community now is exactly - economically do you approachj the new taliban govern...

Or other authorities. i think that is a big problem for a lot of us right now. >> you say these individuals. are they afghan allies, u.s. citizens? can you give us any more information? >> its mainly going to be afghan nationals. its going to be people who are in vulnerable populations, some siv applicants. i was able to get three siv applicants out of the country, thankfully, but thats just not enough. i have another 198 people that im responsible for at least trying to get them out. we do stil...

That there is a need to negotiate, at least at this point. so again when we look at the aid issue this is the time to say, local entities on the ground, the regional, domestic different governance, give them a bit more autonomy by having aid delivered there. if that is possible, that could be a way to get back to some sort of negotiation process, but also enable some of the local actors there and give them a bit more agency. simon, very briefly, if the leverage with the assets doesnt work, the a...

Aid to those afghans who need it, they should say that those ngos... what remains of them, of course some of them are in hiding, some of them for their members have fled because they are concerned, but many are still on the ground, so they should be enabled via the uk and others who work with these entities, they can turn around and use that leverage and turn to the taliban and say, "we want to work with those partners who we have trusted who we know where any funding and money comes will go dir...

Demand fulsome answers and not the diplomatic psychobabble that we sometimes get in these hearings. did biden ignore the counsel of his military and intelligence advisers? was keeping the embassy in afghanistan open really more important than keeping bagram air force base open? is every american out? and if not, why not? are the afghans who helped the u.s. and our allies out? how did the taliban take control so quickly? what leverage does the u.s. have is left with the taliban? and why were u.s....

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And many people have tried to leave the country because they dont want to live in that regime. simon says the leverage is there, but it is not obvious how you use it. well, what are the levers that are there? part of it is this recognition element and if the assets are released, it is a recognition of the government implicitly. but also there is the leverage of aid and where aid is being sent, and actually the one point that the taliban should be hearing is that aid is going directly to afghans,...

If you play hardball and say, were going to freeze this, l you risk a humanitarian crisis. if you dont, then you risk in a way economically - legitimising and recognising the government in place. i so they do have some leverage. how you play it is an incredibly difficult. diplomatic position, - which i dont think countries around the world are...theres any consensus about that yet. | indeed. what are the opinions you are hearing, mina? because if you dont release these assets, it is the general ...