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In our approach to the taliban. the g7 has very considerable leverage, economic, diplomatic and political. now that the last troops are almost gone, western countries have very little 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 c...

Security. >> how many isis-k prisoners were left and believed to have been released from the prison? why were they not removed when the u.s. pulled out? >> i dont know the exact number. clearly its in the thousands. >> u.s. officials say reports that they shared lists of americans and allies with the taliban are incorrect. adding in some cases to get the afghans and americans through a check point they provided the information. for the most part the taliban have let those people pass. 12,500 peo...

Deprive them of a base of operations in afghanistan and to bring to justice the architects of this attack and to prevent future attacks. thats going to look like a collage of surgical connectic capabilities and diplomacy. the united states has significant leverage still over the taliban, 90% of their reserves are in u.s. banks. 75% of their government funding comes from international donors. they dont know how to operate an international airport. we would have more leverage over the taliban if w...

The u.s. has over the taliban now. when that airport no longer has americans on it and there are no americans in the afghan soil and then the airport is functioning possibly with some kind of an international assistance, leverage may reduce. and you know, much of the concern about the taliban is they play a very polite calm disciplined game initially and that begins to fray and perhaps we see their true colors later. we simply dont know. and of course many afghans will hope that is not the case,...

Shift heaven and earth to ship those were eligible. and the leverage that the international community has over the international community has over the taliban and it would seem to be financial and part. many tied up affairs in the states and also need support financially from the international community. yes, they have a humanitarian _ international community. yes, they have a humanitarian crisis - international community. yes, they have a humanitarian crisis on - international community. yes, ...

That is. and that is where thousands of afghans are and facing uncertain prospects and tremendous fear for themselves and their families. unfortunately, the administration is going to have very little leverage over the taliban once it leaves and thats why theres a hope that it will continue to help as many afghans as possible to leave, including women and human rights defenders. after the u.s. leaves, the -- i think the -- the -- the hope is that they can work with regional actors who are now in...

Protected -- is a right protected by -- by international law. and its -- right now, afghans fear for their life. those that fear for their life should have the right to leave. we should have humanitarian both for freedom of movement, as well as for humanitarian purposes. we need to get the region to open up their borders, provide visas, and to just create the possibility for these people to -- to -- to leave and with their families if that is what they want. the taliban have made that commitment...

Of the death of 13 service members. >> and nick, speaking of the people who are still trying to get out of there, i assume there have got to be back channel communications if you will and sort of back channel off line br place to try to get people out, people who are still american citizens potentially and afghans trying to leave. what do those efforts look like after the august 31 deadline if they dont make it out before then? >> that is the question and i think that that is a bit of a hole in ...

Brought him to power in the first place against donald trump. he barely has damaged his own brand, so to speak, but he has, more portly, the people of afghanistan have left them in real chaos, and its not clear what the impact is going to be for afghanistan, clear what the impact is going to be forafghanistan, norfor clear what the impact is going to be for afghanistan, norfor biden, clear what the impact is going to be forafghanistan, norfor biden, but ithink forafghanistan, norfor biden, but i...

Are some of the fighters going to leave the taliban when they have to become a normal so called government and they then join isis-k? what you find in countries like this with the off shoots and the various terror groups competing for recruits that the more extreme ones wont be in government so the u.s. is hoping to use the leverage to keep the airports open to get the sivs and americans and afghani vac aouys out after august 31st. >> kennedy. >> jennifer, first great reporting. i know this is y...