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It started many months ago. >> one criticism i will note that trump had for biden recently wasnt that biden was pulling out the troops, it was that he wasnt doing it quickly enough. >> exactly. something that, by the way, trump tryied to do in syria as well. secretary pompeo criticizing the administration. he met with taliban leaders, again, treating them as a credible partner, which the events of the last several days as they advance across the country show theyre not interested in a peaceful e...

Al-qaida could reconstitute in afghanistan sooner than the two year defense officials previously estimated to congress because of the recent taliban takeover in the country. i think thats a pretty obvious statement. so how concerned are you that there could be another significant terrorist attack in the united states because of this? >> just leaving afghanistan was not a bad idea. leaving it in a way that makes america look weak and incompetent invites exactly what youve said, the terror groups ...

Once the american troops left it was inevitable, given these evacuation flights for nationals and embassy staff, is that kind of an implied admission that the attempt to keep the taliban out has been lost? yes, and the evidence on the ground is clear that the 20—year mission, yes, its initial point was to prevent another 9/11, another large—scale international major terror attack, and it has worked on that point of view. afghanistan for the last 20 years has not been a haven for terror group...

Beyond that, what is the thinking. they have come down firmly that its to protect american interests and thats it. >> yeah, the president was remarkably candid today, joy in his assessment of the situation in afghanistan that we shouldnt be nation building, he argued. that our mission was to find osama bin laden, force the taliban out, and prevent afghanistan from being a safe harbor for terror groups, and for 20 years for the most part that happened, and it was time to come out. and he said it ...

If terror groups start to plot attacks against the united states? >> thats obviously a significant concern. hes person any the short -- especially in the short term, especially given the rapid advances the taliban have made and the complete inability for our understanding of whats going on. if we didnt detect among mid-level and regional leadership among the afghan government that they were ready to fold it in and ready to make their own concessions, if we couldnt detect that, how are we going t...

The in american troops left it was inevitable, given these evacuation flights for nationals and embassy staff, is that kind of an implied admission that the attempt to keep the taliban out has been lost? yes, and the evidence on the ground is clear that the 20 year mission yes its initial point of it was to prevent another 9/11, another large—scale international major terror attack and it has worked from that point of view. afghanistan for the last 20 years has not been a haven for terror grou...

It was said this is really a failure of policy that goes back several years. to lower the number of forces to 10,000, 8,000, under trump to under 3,000 or less and finally, bidens decision to yank them out so quickly and leave the afghan forces to their own devices ending with what dan was just talking about, afghan forces not fighting back, not having the will, and not feeling like they had anyone behind them to make the fight worthwhile. >> evan, some of the reporting we are hearing right now ...

With e-commerce that runs at the speed of now. next day and two-day shipping nationwide, and returns right from the doorstep. its a whole new world out there. lets not keep it waiting. welcome back. were following the developments out of afghanistan. al-jazeera inside. terror groups could reform sooner than expected they told senators that the time line has been moved up in terms of how soon the u.s. intelligence and defense community believes terrorist groups could reconstitute themselves and

Growing? should we understand the taliban to be who they were in regard to women, with regard to relationships with terror groups? is there evidence theyre different? >> i spent a lot of time with the taliban interviewing them on the country side. in some ways, theyre different. in some ways theyre the same. the taliban of the 90s were mostly religious students. the current it ration are quite different. and almost every single person you meet in the taliban has lost loved ones to drone attacks ...

Could be a haven for terror groups. >> the suts going to maintain its over the horizon terrorist cape bits. this president has said he will not allow them to gain harbor in afghanistan or in any nation in this worked. the united states always maintains its prerogative to neutralize terrorists wherever they may be. >> i actually talked to james clapper about that. if afghanistan becomes a terror haven, how will the u.s. have the intelligence capabilities to know that and know what they are planni...