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Islamabad:Michael O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow and Director of Research in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, US has admitted that the US committed mistakes in its foreign policy towards...

With shocking speed, the Taliban have retaken the country the U.S. spent some 2,500 American lives -- and some 150,000 Afghan lives -- trying to refashion as a secure, pro-Western democracy.

As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, it is a good moment to say to Afghanistan veterans once again, thank you. We are safer because of you.

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In doha rather than kabul that the shape of the new government of afghanistan is taking place. lets bring you some expert analysis from michael ohanlon, senior fellow at the brooklyns institute in washington who has written extensively on the taliban. some are bin laden famously kept one of your books on his book shelf. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. your reaction to what we are hearing, that these talks are shaping up very swiftly in doha? well, its remarkable on one level. the whole thin...

Of women and allow a free media. as well as taking every major city, the taliban have captured more territory, including the former us airbase at bagram. the us has has begun evacuating staff from its embassy with chinook heliopters soon flying over the city another very symbolic vision today. earlier i spoke to michael ohanlon, senior fellow at the brookings institution in washington. he has written extensively on afghanistan. osama bin laden famously kept a book by michael on his book shelf. w...

Whats happened in the last four months, then you increase dramatically the chances of this sort of catastrophe. i really think president bidens response notwithstanding, this is obviously notwithstanding, this is obviously not going to be a feather in his cap. the only question now is about damage limitation. how do we show the world that in fact this president can be resolute on other problems and be a good ally on other problems, when he in myjudgment was not resolute and was not a good ally i...

Then you increase dramatically the chances of this sort of catastrophe. i really think that, president biden�*s response notwithstanding, this is obviously not going to be a feather in his cap. the only question now is going to be about damage limitation. how do we show the world that in fact this president can be resolute on other problems and be a good ally on other problems when he, in myjudgment, was not resolute and was not a good ally in regard to afghanistan? michael, our reporterfrom g...

AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL COULD LEAD TO VIOLENCE U.S. Air Force/ Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt An MQ-9 Reaper drone flies a combat mission over southern Afghanistan. As President Joe Bidens withdrawal from Afghanistan nears completion By Zachary Cohen, Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Williams, CNN As President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan nears completion, his administration still hasn’t finalized its policy for pursuing terrorists in the country once US troops have departed. While the US mil...

Second equally big piece is western contractors who keep that afghan air force flying, which allows the special forces to move on the battlefield, if there are taliban concentrations or attacks, it allows afghan airpower which is been gradually building up over the years to use fires in the skies against concentrations. those are crucial if cities are to be held by the government. those are two big pieces, not to mention political support from the us which is growing, and certainly within afghan...