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In afghanistan and if the government decides to negotiate to get their release then the taliban will ask a very high price. i think we will see the taliban, who have used some fine words talking about diversity and inclusivity, that will now finish because when western forces get out they dont need to say those things any more, and the country will descend into the same kind of horrors that existed during their previous of governing. the country will become again a very dangerous safe haven for ...

From around the world, jihadists, and plan attacks against us. maybe not immediately but in the relatively short to medium term we will see that threat opening up again. you have no faith that the taliban have changed? i have no faith at all. you shouldnt forget that the taliban is not a single coherent organisation. even if the people saying these things are saying what they think, which i doubt, that doesnt necessarily run across the whole of the taliban groupings and factions in afghanistan. ...

Is afghanistan likely in your view to become a terror haven once again as it was before 9/11? we know that al qaeda militants were fighting alongside the taliban in some of these battles around the country. is the taliban going to give al qaeda free reign to plots and plan attacks on the u.s. from inside? >> defense secretary austin fielded this question a couple days ago. he referred to an estimate which is true. the intelligence community projected upon the withdrawal of the united states mili...

They helped commit murders, trained as suicide fighters and took pictures to help plan attacks. now a cnn exclusive report. three isis members are speaking from prison. they say they regret everything theyve done. >> a secret jail in northern iraq. around 1,000 men are being held here. all are accused of supporting isis. kurdish authorities allowed this exclusive access. three of the captives agree to speak to us. they insist freely and without coercion about the important and very different rol...

Two m-15 assault rifles like this and 600 rounds of ammunition. >> as soon as the purchase was over and he left the door, several agents came out and tackled him here in the parking lot and took him down. >> reporter: the fbi focused in on cornell after a confidential informant came in with a tip that cornell had been posting disturbing messages and video on twitter expressing support for al qaeda and isis. one post stated "i believe we should just wage jihad under our own orders and plan attack...

Several agents came out and tackled him here in the parking lot and took him down. >> im surprised they didnt kill him. >> reporter: according to the fbi, cornell, whos only 20 years old, took the final steps to travel to the nations capitol. the fbi locked in on cornell after a confidential informant came with in with a tip that cornell had been posting disturbing messages and videos on twitter, expressing support for al qaeda and isis. one twitter message stated, "i believe we should wage jiha...

>> well, what strikes me is the fact that many times folks that plan attacks is not as necessarily planned out as other ones, theyre trying to beat the record, or do more damage and harm than previous attackers so they can get that moment of fame. so the attacks are becoming more severe, more significant. the good thing is, the fact that school attacks are down -- >> so in terms of advising schools, because what youre seeing are attacks, don, are bigger in scale, there are multiple victim attack...

The short answer to that is yes, to some extent there are. but has the quality of life for afghan people gotten better? and many people make the argument it hasnt. even president hamid karzai has said to nbc news that the u.s. is to blame for some of the corruption and insecurity that exists in that country. thats very difficult for the u.s. to hear. but that is certainly the perspective that many in afghanistan and pakistan and in that region share about the u.s. footprint in that part of the w...

Tool against israel. they are in fact inviting those very civilian deaths. >> the israelis sent out warnings via twitter and we have them as they came out, warning to reporter -- reporters in gaza, stay waya away from hamas operatives and facilities. hamas a terrorist group will use you as human shields. then it says minutes ago we surgically targeted a hamas intelligence operation center on the 7th floor of a media building in gaza, direct hit confirmed. and it goes onto say the hamas terrorist...