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The talibans takeover poses a major challenge for the international community. there was plenty of rhetoric at the g7 meeting earlier this week on the leverage the west might use against afghanistans new rulers. but, after 20 years on the ground, what influence can western nations actually have, now that theyre gone. heres caroline hawley. the taliban triumphant inside the presidential palace when they took kabuljust 12 days ago. its leaders are sanctioned as terrorists, but they are in charge o...

The least harm in power. i think there is absolutely no choice but to develop channels to communicate with them at senior level over how they are now going to run afghanistan. what leverage does the west, does the uk, have now? i think in reality, our leverage is very limited. we can withhold recognition. but im not sure how much the taliban care about that. we can, as the foreign secretary has hinted, withhold aid, and afghan military reserves are mostly held and frozen in american banks, so we...

Airport. so do we. theres economic leverage that the global community has and need to work with the international partners on. we eelt update you when we have more. >> to make those responsible for the attack pay is the president committed after american troops leave afghanistan he would be willing to send in american troops even in some covert form to complete that mission to kill those who are responsible? >> i wont get into details from here what hunting down and going after the terrorists wh...

If we know where that money is, we might be able to hold many of that money or threaten that money for asset freezes and so forth if they dont comply or if theyre outside of certain red lines. but there is not a whole lot of leverage out there. >> no. there is not. general, before we go, the president will have another withdrawal decision on iraq at the end of the year. we have a small foot print of forces there. but theyre not there forever. what happens there? hard to predict how the president...

Now that the last troops are almost gone, most countries have political influence, while russia and china keep their embassies in the capital. the departing west may have less financial leverage than they hope. there are other ways for the taliban to raise revenue, as they have already been doing. it is notjust about drugs, which does get a lot of attention, but the taliban can generate billions from its control over lucrative trade routes and it controls the whole country. and there are other p...

Harm in power. i think there is absolutely no choice but to develop channels to communicate with them at senior level over how they are now going to run afghanistan. what leverage does the west, does the uk, have now? i think in reality, our leveraged is very limited. we can withhold recognition. but im not sure how much the taliban care about that. we can, as the foreign secretary has hinted, withhold aid, and afghan military reserves are mostly held and frozen in american banks, so we can with...

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As much as 75% of state spending came from the outside world. that helped to pay for everything, from security forces to government officials to schools that offered girls and education for the first time and hospitals and health care. now the taliban are in charge, whos going to pay the bills? could western aid with strings attached moderate the militants or will they now look elsewhere for support? earlier this week, the taliban proudly tweeted a photo of themselves meeting the chinese ambassa...

Will you help. do they have even that power at this point, the united states? >> yes, we have a lot of leverage if we want to use it. its a decision of balancing risk with our strategic objectives. i think we have leverage we can tell the taliban we expect better control over the situation. we can tell the taliban they wont receive any international assistance going forward if they dont not only cooperate with our efforts to get people out of the way now or the next couple of days or extend the ...

August 31st, whether its for international legitimacy, reserve fund, economic assistance and we dont give it to them, they have another hostage they can take. by the hundreds if not thousands. so this is just -- we have to reverse the leverage here. were handing it all to the taliban and thats unacceptable and unacceptable to leave these americans and afghans behind. >> congressman waltz, thank you for being with us this morning. >> all right. thank you. there are millions of americans who cou...